Chapter Summaries

Shien and Roxie’s Magic Sword clash threatened to destroy the royal palace and the capital, but a burly knight intervened and the King dispersed the resulting magic. The clash ended, and the knight immediately attacked Shien, demanding to know who he was.

• Shien and Roxie’s Magic Swords collided, unleashing destructive shockwaves that shattered the arena and its barrier.
• Shien and Roxie realized their magic recovery could keep the clash going and prepared to release their Holy Swords’ seals to end it quickly.
• A burly knight leaped into the arena and severed their clashing Magic Swords with his own.
• The King used Magic Disperse to erase the surging magic power and calm the arena.
• The burly knight struck at Shien, demanded to know who he was, and Shien answered with an insult before his magic power erupted.

Shien’s sparring with Roxie’s teacher was interrupted when the King and knights mistook him for an attacker, and Roxie clarified what had happened. After the group reacted to the ruined arena, King Anxiferg Mitra asked Shien to speak with him, and Shien reluctantly agreed.

• The burly knight attacked Shien, who countered until Roxie called them both to a halt and identified the knight as her teacher.
• Roxie’s father, King Anxiferg Mitra, ordered the arriving knights to stand down as Vivian and the others reached the destroyed arena.
• Roxie explained that Shien was her friend and that they had been sparring, shocking everyone who saw the damage.
• Shien tried to leave, but Anxiferg introduced himself and asked to speak with him.
• Vivian urged Shien to be patient, and he reluctantly agreed to talk with Anxiferg.

After Roxie apologized for the arena incident, Anxi praised Shien’s ability and questioned how such a remarkable young man had gone unnoticed. Shien kept his identity to himself, leaving Anxi puzzled about who he was.

• Anxi confirmed that Roxie had challenged Shien to a spar after Vivian introduced them, and Roxie apologized to everyone and to Shien.
• Anxi said the Kingdom would gladly sacrifice many arenas to keep Roxie safe, and Roxie thanked him and the others.
• Shien realized that the Kingdom’s deep concern for Roxie forced her to restrain her true nature.
• Anxi asked whether Shien came from Lamigium, and Shien nodded while choosing to say as little as possible.
• Anxi marveled that a genius comparable to Roxie had appeared without drawing the God Race’s attention, while Shien silently resolved not to reveal anything.

Anxi tried to learn more about Shien’s mysterious origins but gained little, then discussed the coming report on the Old Demon Faction and the effort to keep Shien’s existence from the public. As Shien and the others prepared to leave, Aridia confronted Lumya and Merika, making them stop while Tier walked away.

• Anxi wondered why the God Race had never noticed Shien despite his extraordinary magic power, but Shien’s guarded replies gave him little information.
• Anxi told Vivian that the escort party from Lamigium would likely be summoned to give a formal report about the Old Demon Faction.
• Anxi promised to suppress news of the Royal Palace Arena fight, though Shien realized the capital’s nobles would still learn about him.
• Shien silently blamed Roxie for the fight’s consequences as he and Vivian’s group prepared to leave.
• Aridia asked Lumya and Merika whether they planned to go back, stopping them as Tier left without hesitation.

After Roxie warned Shien that Tier might face trouble in the royal capital, she gave him a royal crest pendant and urged him to look after Tier. Shien left the palace wearing the pendant and with permission to visit Roxie, though he denied being close to her.

• Shien left the reception room with his group, and Roxie warned him that nobles might target Tier now that she had returned to the capital.
• Roxie told Shien to ask Tier about her past and gave him a pendant bearing the Hero's Holy Sword, which marked him as connected to the royal family.
• Shien argued with Roxie about wearing the pendant, but she threatened to announce that she would marry him if he removed it, so he kept it on.
• Roxie told Shien the pendant let him enter the royal palace freely and invited him to visit, threatening to charge him for the Holy Sword sealing rings if he refused.
• Vivian, Lumya, and Merika teased Shien about his closeness with Roxie as they left the palace, and he denied it.

After Shien and his companions returned to House Razahad, nobles in the royal capital investigated him and began taking sides over his connection to Princess Rochelusty. At dinner, they met Ryley’s father, Migis Razahad, while plans and alliances concerning Shien quietly formed around the capital.

• Shien and his companions returned to House Razahad after hearing that the royal capital had blamed the day’s destruction on a magical research accident.
• Nobles learned that Roxie had sparred with Shien and investigated his background, including his Unique Skill and his role in defeating Bedo.
• Some nobles grew jealous of Shien’s apparent closeness to Roxie and began discussing ways to teach him a lesson, while others viewed him favorably.
• Shien and his companions met Migis Razahad at dinner, and Migis warmly thanked Shien for looking after Ryley and offered to help him.
• That night, nobles began making plans concerning Shien, while others chose to support him.

After leveling up from his sparring match with Roxie, Shien noticed Tier leaving House Razahad and secretly followed her through the royal capital. He watched her stop at a grave and begin to cry, leaving him to wonder about her grief.

• Shien realized he had reached Level 25 after his fight with Roxie and reflected on how combat and training helped him grow.
• Shien spotted Tier heading out late at night and used Stealth to follow her.
• Tier walked through the royal capital, ignored drunken adventurers who called out to her, and entered an alley.
• Tier stopped before a grave, and Shien saw tears fall from beneath her hood.

Shien watched Tier mourn at a grave before a hostile young noble and his guards confronted her. After Tier drove them off with her newly learned Magic Sword, she discovered Shien had been watching and left the grave with him.

• Tier stood grieving at a grave, gripping her blade as sorrow and hatred stirred within her.
• A young noble surrounded Tier with his guards, accused her of bearing the Blood of the Sinner, and ordered them to attack.
• Tier used her Magic Sword to shatter the guards’ weapons and forced the young noble and his men to retreat.
• Tier sensed Shien nearby and learned he had revealed himself when he tried to help her.
• Tier whispered at the grave and left, while Shien followed and struggled to think of how to comfort her.

Shien returned to House Razahad with Tier, who told him to bathe first and promised to find him later. Tier joined him in the bath completely nude except for her mask, leaving Shien overwhelmed by the sight.

• Shien and Tier returned to House Razahad in silence.
• Tier asked Shien whether he had finished bathing, told him to go ahead, and said she would find him later.
• Shien realized Tier might come to the bathhouse and nervously imagined what could happen.
• Tier appeared at the bathhouse and asked Shien what he meant by not holding back.
• Tier entered the pool wearing only her mask, and Shien marveled at her long purple hair and beauty.

Shien confronted Tier in the bathhouse and learned why she resisted others’ help. Tier revealed that she was Tier Elbain, a descendant of the Hero bloodline inherited by House Elbein.

• Tier asked Shien who had told him about her, and he admitted that someone had.
• Tier explained that she wanted to become strong enough to protect herself and avoid owing favors to Vivian, Ryley, and the Princess.
• Shien connected Aridia to House Elbein and identified him as Roxie’s teacher and the family’s head.
• Tier explained that House Elbein descended from a Hero’s companion and inherited a Hero bloodline.
• Tier revealed her full name as Tier Elbain and disclosed that she was also a descendant of a Hero.

Tier revealed that she was a Hero Descendant of House Elbain and explained that she wanted Shien, a Hero, to help her become stronger than her father, Aridia. She promised to swear loyalty to Shien if he fulfilled her wish, and said that showing him her true face would mark the day everything she had belonged to him.

• Shien learned that Tier was descended from a Hero and that Aridia was her father, though Tier refused to acknowledge him as such.
• Shien asked Tier about the Blood of the Sinner, and Tier explained that it came from her mother’s unforgivable sin.
• Tier told Shien that House Elbain had served and protected the royal family for generations, following the example of its Hero-descended ancestor.
• Tier revealed that she hoped Shien could help her awaken her Hero blood and become stronger than Aridia.
• Tier promised to protect Shien and swear loyalty to him if he fulfilled her wish, then said she would show him her true face when she made that vow.

Shien secretly protected Tier as she trained by provoking fights with increasingly powerful nobles, while Tier and Merika both grew less guarded around him. After four days, Shien received a letter threatening to charge him if he did not visit soon.

• Tier began wandering the royal capital and defeated nobles who came looking for trouble, using the fights to train herself.
• When Tier faced a dangerous opponent above level seventy, Shien decided to secretly protect her by attacking enemies she could not handle.
• Tier discovered Shien's help and accepted it quietly, then began joining him in the bath while discussing combat rather than romance.
• Merika's magical power grew, and she began secretly watching and following Shien, though she fled whenever he approached her.
• After four days, Shien received a letter telling him to visit soon or the sender would start charging him.

On his way to the royal palace, Shien met a remarkably cute little girl who asked him to buy her a dessert. Her mysterious mana and extraordinary strength caught his attention, and he recognized the shop as one Roxie had mentioned.

• Shien reluctantly headed toward the royal palace, expecting trouble from the nobles around Roxie.
• Shien noticed a little girl staring at a patisserie display and sensed that something was strange about her mana.
• The little girl approached Shien and asked him to buy her a dessert, saying she had never tried one like it.
• Shien learned that strangers often gave the girl expensive things, but she was tired of eating them.
• The little girl tugged Shien into Lilith's Patisserie with surprising strength, and he recognized its name from Roxie's mention.

Shien bought expensive pastries for Aiyi after using Roxie's pendant to prove he could shop at Lilith's Patisserie. When Shien tried to leave, Aiyi asked to accompany him because she wanted to meet the Witch he feared.

• Aiyi ordered several pastries, but the shop owner said only nobles or those with a noble's token could buy them.
• Shien showed Roxie's pendant, and the owner accepted his order and packed the desserts.
• Shien spent fifty gold coins on the pastries and learned that the girl's name was Aiyi.
• Shien tried to send Aiyi home, warning her that a Witch might eat her in one bite, but Aiyi asked to go with him so she could see who could eat her.
• As Aiyi stepped forward, a pair of hands wrapped around her and lifted her up.

Shien carried Aiyi and learned that someone had held her long ago, though that person was no longer with her. After teasing and bargaining, Aiyi allowed him to carry her again in the future, then agreed to wait while he went to deal with a troublesome person.

• Shien carried Aiyi, and she said it had been a very long time since anyone had held her because the one person who used to do so was gone.
• Shien suspected Aiyi was no ordinary child, and Aiyi challenged him when she sensed he was thinking something rude.
• Aiyi told Shien not to treat her like a child, while Shien shamelessly asked if he could keep carrying her.
• Aiyi made an exception and allowed Shien to carry her, saying he was only the second person ever permitted to do so.
• Shien gave Aiyi more pastries and asked her to wait while he dealt with a troublesome person, and she watched him leave with a faint smile.

Shien visited Roxie at the Royal Palace, fended off hostile nobles, and brought her desserts from Lilith's. The chapter ended with Roxie eagerly demanding the desserts and wrestling with Shien to get them.

• Shien entered the palace carrying shopping bags and used pebbles to knock down noblemen preparing to confront him.
• Shien warned the nobles that Roxie had entrusted him with an important mission, leaving them afraid to stop him from entering her room.
• Roxie immediately demanded the desserts Shien had brought, and Shien teased her by threatening to divorce her.
• Roxie revealed she had smelled the desserts from Lilith's and rushed at Shien to claim them.
• Shien and Roxie became tangled together as she insisted he hand over the desserts.

Shien and Roxie shared pastries and discussed the trouble surrounding Shien and Tier. Roxie learned that Shien and Tier bathed together regularly and reacted with alarm.

• Roxie and Shien tasted the pastries and agreed they were exceptionally delicious, though Shien refused to promise to bring Roxie more because they were expensive.
• Roxie asked whether Shien had faced trouble from nobles after the royal palace incident, and Shien teased her for not helping him.
• Roxie explained that helping Shien openly or having him use her royal pendant would make the nobles more hostile toward him.
• Shien told Roxie that Tier was doing well, eating and sleeping comfortably and going out to fight monsters.
• Shien revealed that Tier had told him she was a Hero Descendant while they were bathing at House Razahad.
• Roxie panicked when Shien said he and Tier bathed together every day, then regretted that Tier trusted him so much.

Shien reflected on how Tier, Roxie, and Merika trusted him, then learned more about the close ties among Tier, Roxie, and Ryley and how isolated Tier had become. Roxie asked him to help Tier and warned him about her dangerous side before revealing that she had visited the Divine Realm.

• Shien considered why Roxie and Merika had become so unguarded around him and concluded that Tier's daily baths with him went beyond ordinary carelessness.
• Shien pieced together the ties among Roxie, Tier, and Ryley, and wondered about Vivian's family background.
• Roxie said she, Tier, and Ryley had once been very close, but Tier's troubles and Roxie's growing responsibilities had driven them apart.
• Roxie told Shien that few people in the royal capital would help Tier and asked him to lend her a hand, while warning him that Tier could be merciless.
• Roxie told Shien that she had made a trip to the Divine Realm.

Roxie told Shien that the Divine Realm showed no sign of the Hero Summon ritual being reactivated, and none of the known activation methods explained his summoning. She gave him ancient books about Heroes and the ritual, leaving the mystery unresolved and suggesting that only the Supreme God might know more.

• Roxie told Shien that the Divine Realm was peaceful and that its gods did not know the Hero Summon had been reactivated.
• Roxie explained that the ritual could only be activated in three known ways, none of which matched Shien's summoning.
• Roxie said the ritual's temple was sealed behind a barrier made by the Supreme God, and that she had found no Goddess named Nien.
• Roxie gave Shien several ancient books about Heroes and the Hero Summon that contained no new secrets.

Shien asked whether Nien could be Supreme God Omnis, since that might explain how his Hero summoning happened. Roxie doubted it because Omnis had no apparent reason to summon him, and the chapter left Shien wondering about the secrets surrounding his arrival and the possibility of the Demon King's resurrection.

• Shien asked Roxie whether Nien could be Supreme God Omnis and whether that would explain the unusual circumstances of his summoning.
• Roxie said Omnis had no clear motive to summon a Hero, since the Demon King was her only natural enemy and had already been defeated.
• Shien suggested that a corrupted Hero might threaten Omnis, but Roxie explained that the Hero, Demon King, and Goddess restrained one another, and that a Hero could not defeat a Goddess.
• Roxie said a Hero corrupted by the Demon King's power would be cleansed by the Holy Sword or lose the sword upon ceasing to be a Hero.
• Roxie urged Shien to consider the possibility of the Demon King's resurrection, leaving him silent and wishing his life came with cheats.