Recaps

Shien protected Merika and the escort party as the Old Demon Faction attacked to rescue Kilian. After Shien’s allies destroyed the attackers’ forces, Bedo unleashed Hellfire, and Shien prepared to face him with a crimson Magic Sword.

• Shien beat Kilian into cooperating, then helped Merika after Magray harassed her and accepted the flower crown she wove for him.
• As the escort crossed Duke Fidinis's Territory, Shien fought Ogres and discovered that Merika’s magic power was increasing, while Merika privately connected the change to their closeness and his flower crown.
• Magray attacked Shien after seeing Merika grow close to him, but Shien defeated him and warned him to leave her alone.
• Bedo killed Magray and led the Old Demon Faction in an assault on the camp to rescue Kilian and kill everyone there.
• Shien and his allies fought through the burning camp to Kilian’s tent, where Shien resisted Bedo’s Mental Magic and forced the demons to their knees with his aura.
• Kilian stabbed Bedo at Shien’s command, but Bedo killed Kilian and ordered the Old Demon Faction to attack.
• Vivian and Tier joined the battle, and Shien’s allies lured the demons into a cluster before Shien burned them with Kindle.
• Bedo healed himself with a potion and engulfed the camp in Hellfire, but Shien scattered the flames, endured Bedo’s lightning, and charged at him with a crimson Magic Sword.

After Shien defeated Bedo and concealed his strength behind a Unique Skill, he reached the Royal Capital with Vivian’s group and met Princess Roxie. Revealing his Holy Sword led Roxie to identify him as a Hero summoned amid a grave crisis, and she set out to investigate Supreme God Omnis while warning Shien to stay in the capital and keep his identity secret.

• Shien defeated Bedo after resisting Mental Impact and repeatedly dismembering him, and Bedo killed himself after begging Shien to finish him.
• Beren reported that 84 members of the escort squad had died, and Shien explained his strength as the result of a Unique Skill that could adjust his level and skills.
• Laisha told Aiyi about Shien, and Aiyi decided to observe him while investigating his intentions and the God Race’s plans.
• After nearly half a month of travel, Beren brought Shien’s group to the Royal Capital, where Vivian’s Squad stayed at House Razahad.
• Vivian took Shien to see Princess Roxie, and Shien revealed his Holy Sword after Vivian asked whether he was a Hero.
• Roxie explained that the Hero Summon could activate during a grave crisis and grant a summoned Hero the Supreme God’s Blessing, making Shien suspect that the world faced a new danger.
• Roxie said Supreme God Omnis might be unable to act and decided to visit the Divine Realm for answers, while warning Shien to stay in the Royal Capital and conceal his identity.
• After Shien left, Vivian urged him to trust Roxie, and Shien asked where her Holy Sword had come from.

Shien met Roxie’s hidden self, sparred with her, and drew the attention of the royal family and nobles. As he learned Tier’s Hero lineage and helped her grow stronger, he encountered the mysterious Aiyi and left her waiting while he went to face someone troublesome.

• Vivian told Shien that Roxie was the only person in a thousand years able to wield Mitra’s Holy Sword, and Shien returned to Roxie’s room, where he discovered her complaining in private.
• Roxie admitted that expectations had forced her to act like a perfect princess, and Shien earned her trust before borrowing Sword Rings to seal his Holy Sword.
• Roxie and Shien sparred with such force that they destroyed the arena, and King Anxiferg Mitra stopped the fight and questioned Shien about his origins.
• Roxie gave Shien a royal pendant, while nobles learned of his fight with her and began plotting or offering support.
• Shien followed Tier to a grave and later learned that she was Tier Elbain, Aridia’s daughter and a Hero descendant who wanted his help awakening her bloodline.
• Tier trained by fighting troublesome nobles, while Shien secretly protected her against opponents she could not handle and Merika began following him.
• Shien met Aiyi outside Lilith's Patisserie, bought her pastries with Roxie’s pendant, and carried her after she said the person who used to hold her was gone.
• Aiyi allowed Shien to carry her as only the second person ever permitted to do so, and he left her with pastries while he went to deal with someone troublesome.

Shien settled Aiyi at House Razahad, then faced nobles who questioned his role in defeating the Old Demon Faction. He rejected titles and a campaign in Streim territory, won access to magical resources instead, and stayed in the capital for a month, where Roxie promptly dragged him away.

• Shien brought Aiyi to House Razahad, where Vivian agreed to let her stay and Aiyi unsettled Lumya and Merika with her natural gifts.
• Barry told Limjo that marrying Roxie could restore the Streim Family’s power, then ordered him to propose to the King and identified Shien as an obstacle.
• Shien joined Beren, Vivian, Aris, and Lyon for an audience with Anxi, where his powerful aura made nobles and knights kneel.
• Beren recounted Shien’s role in defeating the Old Demon Faction, but Barry questioned Shien’s account and proposed delaying his reward until he fought in Streim territory.
• Shien refused to explain himself or accept a campaign, saying he had fought to protect the kingdom and asking instead to study magic books.
• Anxi ended the audience without granting Shien a title, but gave him access to the royal Magic Library and temple Inner Sanctum, along with a rare magic staff from the demons.
• Shien chose to remain in the capital for a month to explore the Magic Library, and Roxie seized him by the collar and dragged him away after he denied staying for her.