Chapter Summaries

Yulin defended Shien by beating the visitors who had insulted him and forcing the powerful figures gathered outside to leave. Shien returned to Ryley, Vivian, Tier, Lumya, and the others, who welcomed him back.

• Yulin appeared and sent three men who had slandered Shien flying with powerful slaps.
• Yulin revealed that she was Artur's Black Dragon and used her dragon wings and might to order the visitors to leave.
• The visitors withdrew, though some left letters or stationed spies nearby, and Vivian and Ryley chose to ignore them.
• Shien criticized Yulin for being too violent, but accepted that she had taught the visitors a lesson.
• Shien returned to the girls, smiled, and told them he was back.

Shien returned to House Poztut and learned that Vivian, Ryley, and the others had expanded its staff and formed a trusted guard force after his identity as the Hero drew dangerous attention. Ryley explained that Princess Roxielusty and her father had helped her become House Poztut's agent, leaving Shien to acknowledge how much she had taken on in his absence.

• Shien arrived at House Poztut with Lilith, Yulin, Vivian, Ryley, Tier, Lumya, and the others, and the household welcomed him with cheers.
• Shien asked why the household had grown and why it now had knights, and Vivian explained that his exposed identity had attracted spies, intruders, and people with ulterior motives.
• Shien grew angry when he learned that members of the Old Demon Faction had watched the house, but Tier reassured him that she had already dealt with them.
• Ryley explained that she and the others had formed a guard force and private order of knights with special permission from Princess Roxielusty.
• Ryley said the knights came through her family and were trustworthy, and she explained that Princess Roxielusty had appointed her House Poztut's agent while her father had supported the effort.

Shien toured House Poztut and saw how Ryley and Vivian had transformed it into a powerful noble household. Vivian, Tier, and Lumya joined its Knights, while Yulin asserted that she would remain the household’s strongest guardian.

• Ryley showed Shien House Poztut’s expanded staff, three battalions of knights, and Mage Corps, explaining that many had joined because they admired the Hero.
• Vivian told Shien that she, Tier, and Lumya had stopped adventuring and joined the household Knights, while Merika had not yet decided.
• Lumya explained that her seven younger sisters lived at House Poztut and had entered the royal training facilities under Ryley’s care.
• Ryley described the Knights’ leadership, with two high-level knights and Tier commanding battalions, Lumya serving as a company commander, and Vivian becoming Knight Commander.
• Yulin dismissed the Knights as unnecessary and declared that she would protect House Poztut herself.

Shien considered House Poztut’s future and decided Yulin would make an ideal representative to manage it, so he began assigning her an education in politics and administration. After enjoying a bath at home, he heard an unexpected voice tell him not to move, leaving the identity of his bath companion unresolved.

• Ryley warned Shien that House Poztut needed a leader and explained how it might eventually merge with Roxie’s future ducal house.
• Shien decided Yulin met his requirements for a trustworthy and capable representative, then told her to study management, business, and politics.
• Yulin realized Shien intended to make her study, scooped up Lilith, and fled.
• Shien relaxed in House Poztut’s bathhouse and remembered the comforts he had missed.
• When Shien heard water and moved to uncover his face, an unexpected voice told him not to move.

After returning from the Demon Realm, Shien reunited with Laisha, who came to ask about his trip while bathing with him. Laisha left without telling him what she had meant to discuss, and Shien was caught trying to lure Lasha back when another woman appeared in the bathhouse.

• Laisha covered Shien's eyes while bathing naked with him, and threatened to teleport him onto the street when he resisted.
• Laisha asked what Shien had gained from his trip to the Demon Realm, but Shien teased her and recalled how she had tricked him into fighting the Slayer Faction alone.
• Shien confronted Laisha about taking Lasha away, and Laisha insisted that Lasha had always been her person.
• Shien grabbed Laisha to stop her from teleporting him away, but she escaped and vowed never to let Lasha return to him.
• Shien regretted failing to lure Big Sis back, then fell silent when a naked, purple-haired girl appeared beside the bath and asked whom he was trying to lure.

Shien visited with Tier and noticed that her presence had become more restrained and dangerous as her level rapidly increased. Tier revealed that her destroyed horn had begun growing back, allowing her to use Oni Transformation without losing control, and Shien wondered how he would keep up with the powerful women around him.

• Tier told Shien that Vivian and President Ryley handled most House Poztut affairs while she continued taking on assignments and training.
• Shien observed that Tier had reached level seventy-Eight and now seemed more restrained but more dangerous than before.
• Tier activated Oni Transformation, startling Shien because he believed she would lose control without her original horn.
• Tier showed Shien the small horn that had regrown after Moro destroyed the original and explained that it let her control the power from Oni Transformation.
• Tier said her new horn was still growing and might eventually let her fully control the ability's power.
• Shien thought about Tier, Roxie, Merika, Aiyi, and Shafna growing stronger and worried that he could no longer keep his backyard under control.

Tier asked Shien to arrange a fight against her father, Aridia Elbain, despite her slim chances of winning, and Shien agreed. Meanwhile, Laisha encountered Shafna on the outskirts of the royal capital, where the demon hinted that they would meet again.

• Tier told Shien she wanted to challenge Aridia Elbain, and Shien warned her that the Level Ninety-Eight expert was far stronger than she was.
• Tier insisted she wanted to test herself even if she lost, and Shien agreed to arrange a match with Aridia.
• Tier embraced Shien, and they went to the bathhouse together.
• Laisha cursed Shien on the outskirts of the royal capital until Shafna appeared and identified her as the rumored vessel.
• Shafna reassured Laisha that the demons would not interfere with her, teased her about joining them, and asked to see the maid made from her mother's remains before vanishing.

Shien visited Roxie at the royal palace, where Ria challenged the engagement arranged with Aiyi and dismissed his explanation. Shien proposed settling the matter by meeting Roxie's father.

• Shien teleported into the royal palace and went to Roxie's chambers, where the Sacred Sword Knights treated him with conspicuous respect.
• Shien found Ria, Shana, and Roxie together, and Ria sarcastically confronted him about his engagement to Aiyi.
• Shien claimed Aiyi was eager to marry and that the engagement had been decided before he could object, but Ria did not believe him.
• Roxie stopped Ria from continuing the argument, and Shien suggested they go see her father to settle the matter.

Shien met with Anxi to discuss his engagement to Aiyi, while revealing how much stronger he had become and learning that Aridia had advanced to level ninety-nine. Anxi supported the engagement for humanity’s sake but objected to Roxie becoming a secondary wife, given her exceptional status and potential.

• Shien arrived with Roxie, Ria, and Shana to find Anxi exhausted after waiting for him all night.
• Aridia observed that Shien had grown stronger, and Anxi recognized that Shien had changed significantly since leaving the capital two months earlier.
• Shien noticed that Aridia had reached level ninety-nine, and Aridia acknowledged that reflecting on his previous defeat by Shien had helped him advance.
• Anxi said the Kingdom considered Shien’s engagement to Aiyi beneficial to humanity and their relationship with him.
• Anxi objected to Roxie becoming a secondary wife, explaining that her status as the Goddess of Fate’s Blessing Bearer and her potential made her too important.

Shien rejected the idea of naming either Roxie or Aiyi his principal wife, arguing that he would marry them at the same time to avoid slighting either the God Race or the Demon Race. Anxi agreed to find a way to make the arrangement work, while Roxie accepted it as long as her engagement remained intact.

• Roxie told the Kingdom that her engagement to Shien could not be annulled and that the others should find a solution everyone could accept.
• Shien told Anxi he would treat his women equally, while Anxi insisted that Roxie's royal status required a proper public title.
• Shien explained that Aiyi would accept Roxie marrying first, but warned that he would not let the Kingdom use Aiyi to elevate Roxie's reputation.
• Shien declared that he would marry Roxie and Aiyi at the same time, citing the risk of offending the Demon Race and causing friction ahead of the Three Races conference.
• Ria supported Shien, and Roxie accepted the arrangement as long as her engagement was preserved.
• Anxi agreed to find a way to make the simultaneous marriages follow the rules.

Anxi decided to promote Shien to marquis and move his wedding to Roxie forward because the Hero had become a target for foreign powers. As the Three Races conference approached, Aridia challenged Shien, who named someone else as the person Aridia should fight.

• Anxi explained that Shien's status as a Hero made his current title a risk and proposed raising him to marquis.
• Shien accepted the promotion, and Anxi said he would move Shien and Roxie's wedding forward.
• Anxi told Shien, Roxie, and Ria to prepare to attend the approaching Three Races conference.
• Aridia challenged Shien to a fight, but Shien said Aridia should fight someone else and named that person.

Shien and his companions accepted that Aridia’s daughter would challenge him, while making plans to prevent the duel from ending disastrously. As the Goddesses remained trapped in the Demon Realm, a mysterious woman’s arrival brought the royal capital’s main street to a stunned silence.

• Aridia reasoned that his daughter must have gained something extraordinary and agreed to see how far she had grown.
• Roxie, Ria, and Shana feared the challenger could not defeat Aridia, but Shien warned that stopping her might provoke her into something worse.
• Shien and Roxie agreed that Yulin and Lilith would join them to watch the duel, and Roxie asked Shien to alert her when the girl reached the palace.
• In Supreme Castle, the three trapped Goddesses complained about being held there and asked Welter and Shiltee when they could leave.
• On a busy street in the royal capital, a seductive laugh sounded as everyone stood frozen in astonishment.

Shien returned to Roxie's chambers and discussed the future of the Sacred Sword Knights with her before asking how the infiltrators who had targeted House Poztut were handled. Roxie said most had been captured, killed, or had taken their own lives, while the few survivors had yielded no information.

• Ria left Shien and Roxie to attend to her duties preparing for the Three Races conference.
• Roxie told Shien the Sacred Sword Knights would serve him and her after their marriage, and Shien decided to consult Ryley and Vivian about training them.
• Shien and Roxie bantered in her chambers, and Roxie insisted she needed a day to rest after their previous exertions.
• Shien asked Roxie what had happened to the infiltrators who had targeted House Poztut, especially those from the Old Demon Faction.
• Roxie said some infiltrators had been captured, others had died in the fighting or committed suicide, and the few remaining prisoners had provided no useful information.

Shien and Roxie rushed to the royal capital’s commercial district after a mass brawl broke out among its residents. Roxie stopped the fighting, while Shien sensed a mysterious connection amid the chaos.

• Shien asked Roxie which Old Demon Faction the captured attackers belonged to, but she said they had resisted interrogation and tried to kill themselves.
• Shien said he knew someone who could control the captives, but a female knight interrupted to report a crisis in the streets.
• Shien and Roxie used Teleportation to reach the commercial district, where citizens and nobles were fighting the Kingdom Knights and one another.
• Shien sensed faint strands of connection within his heart as he looked toward a certain direction.
• Roxie unleashed her magic power and ordered the crowd to stop, and the people recognized her and knelt.

Shien recognized that a peerlessly beautiful demoness had caused the armed chaos in the royal capital and took Roxie to see her. Roxie ordered everyone involved arrested, and the chapter ended as they reached the stall where the demoness stood.

• Roxie confronted the injured crowds and demanded to know what had caused the street’s destruction.
• Shien told Roxie that the demoness’s overwhelming charm had likely driven the crowd into conflict, and he inferred that Anxi and Ria had sent him to handle it.
• Shien blasted aside dignitaries who tried to stop him from seeing the demoness, while Roxie ordered the kingdom’s knights to arrest everyone involved in the armed conflict.
• Shien took Roxie through the street to the crowded stall, where he saw the demoness and Roxie’s golden eyes began to ripple.

Shien and Roxie encountered Succubus Shafna, whose beauty caused a crowd to lose control and fight over her. After Shien reassured Roxie that he was not familiar with Shafna, her voice suddenly sounded behind them, contradicting him.

• Shien and Roxie found Shafna drawing a silent crowd, which erupted into a fight as people chased her and fought over a gold coin she had paid.
• Shien cast Enchantment: Slumber on the brawling crowd, and Roxie recognized Shafna as the legendary succubus.
• Roxie recalled Shafna’s history of captivating people and worried that Shien might be taken by her charm.
• Shien insisted he was not familiar with Shafna, and Roxie warned that she might stab him if he became captivated.
• Shafna’s voice rang out behind them, saying it was cruel to claim they were not familiar at all.

Shafna reunited with Shien and met Roxie in the royal capital, where Shien stopped her from testing the Princess out of curiosity. Shafna admitted she had come to find Shien, stunning Roxie and the watching crowd.

• Shafna returned to Shien and Roxie, praised Roxie's beauty, and studied her with interest.
• Shien stepped in front of Roxie and accused Shafna of wanting to test her, then warned her about how badly her last attempt had ended.
• Shien asked Shafna to rate Roxie, and Shafna blurted out a score of ninety before realizing she had revealed her interest.
• Roxie asked why Shafna had come to the capital early, and Shafna confronted Shien for leaving the Demon Realm without saying goodbye.
• Shafna admitted she had come to the capital for Shien, leaving Roxie and the surrounding passersby stunned.

Shien took Shafna away from the commercial street after putting the infatuated crowd to sleep, and Roxie later reported the incident to Anxi and Ria. They were relieved Shien seemed immune to Shafna’s charm, while Roxie suspected the two had something going on and thought about sharpening the Holy Sword.

• Shien took Shafna by the hand and used Enchantment: Nightmare to put the enraged onlookers, including Kingdom knights, to sleep.
• Shien criticized Shafna for causing a public commotion, but she insisted she would not restrain herself and agreed to go with him.
• Roxie ordered knights to remove the sleepers and had the commercial street sealed off before reporting the incident to Anxi and Ria.
• Anxi and Ria worried that Shafna’s beauty could threaten the Kingdom, then felt relieved when Roxie said Shien acted naturally around her.
• Roxie suspected Shien and Shafna had a relationship after seeing them leave hand in hand, and considered sharpening the Holy Sword.

Shien brought Shafna to House Poztut and confronted her teasing and attempts to stir trouble. He revealed that her Mind-Weaving Demon created a mutual bond that left her unable to resist him, and Shafna finally yielded when he threatened to expose their relationship to her sisters.

• Shien teleported Shafna to his room at House Poztut and told her to behave herself.
• Shafna teased Shien about doing something else, while he insisted he would not be tempted and worried she might trouble Roxie.
• When Shafna refused to behave, Shien pinned her down and said he had realized her Mind-Weaving Demon let those connected to her interfere with her in return.
• Shien threatened to tell Aiyi and Shafna's sisters that she had become his, and Shafna yielded rather than face the embarrassment.

Shafna’s arrival in the royal capital drew powerful admirers from across the Human Realm toward House Poztut, alarming Anxi and the royal family. Anxi feared that Shafna’s presence would inevitably cause conflict, no matter how Shien handled the visitors.

• Shafna yielded to Shien, leaving him pleased that he had found a way to keep her in check.
• News that Shafna was at House Poztut spread through the royal capital and drew admirers, including King Misji, Nobu, and Yose, toward the estate.
• Anxi, Roxie, Ria, Aridia, and Shana learned that influential figures from many nations and factions were gathering for Shafna.
• Ria suggested that Shien meet the visitors or persuade Shafna to appear, but Anxi said neither option could prevent conflict.