Chapter Summaries

Riezel defeated Marco with one strike and revealed himself as a Sword Saint, stunning the crowd at Franzer Villa. Alder Bray challenged him next, but Riezel struck him down just as quickly, leaving no one willing to step forward.

• Riezel asked for another challenger after defeating Marco, and the crowd reacted with shock and awe at his strength.
• Isaac and Mediste watched from the villa wall as the crowd recognized Riezel as a seventeen-year-old Sword Saint.
• Alder Bray stepped forward, doubting that Riezel could defeat Albert Borley in one strike, and challenged him to a duel.
• Alder relied on his defensive sword technique, but Riezel's lightning-fast slash wounded him before he could raise his sword.
• Riezel called for another challenger, but the Swordsmen fell silent and none dared to advance.

Riezel faced the Les Brothers, triplet True Swordsmen whose Cooperative Sword Skill could combine their strength enough to challenge a Sword Saint. After they launched their coordinated attack, Riezel burst from the resulting storm wrapped in lightning, and the fight continued.

• After defeating Marco Newgallen and Alder Bray in one strike, Riezel invited the gathered swordsmen to challenge him together, provoking three identical young men to step forward.
• Ian explained that the Les Brothers were famous True Swordsmen whose Cooperative Sword Skill multiplied their strength, and that they served Sharia Corderion.
• The Les Brothers introduced themselves in turn and accepted Riezel's challenge, while Yuri wondered whether their arrival involved Sharia or the Duke Corderion Family.
• Riezel let the Les Brothers attack first, and they combined their magic power before charging him from three directions.
• The brothers' swords shattered the ground where Riezel had stood, but he burst from the storm wrapped in lightning as they rushed in to attack again.

Riezel defended against the Les Brothers’ Cooperative Sword Skill while using Clear World and Speed Attack to read and evade their strikes. He finally counterattacked with Thunder Breathing’s Thunderclap and Flash, hitting one of the brothers and sending him flying.

• The Les Brothers attacked Riezel in coordinated formations, while Ain and Ian evacuated the crowd and Isaac and Mediste took cover.
• Riezel blocked the brothers’ combined strike with his scabbard, but its amplified force sent him flying backward.
• The Les Brothers intensified their assault, and Riezel used Clear World and Speed Attack to perceive their movements and evade or block every attack.
• Riezel unleashed lightning to collide with and cancel out the brothers’ three streaks of sword light.
• Riezel used Thunder Breathing’s First Form, Thunderclap and Flash, striking one Les Brother and sending him flying as blood sprayed through the air.

Riezel defeated the Les Brothers with Thunderclap and Flash: Six Consecutive, then advised them on how to use their Cooperative Sword Skill. He left the other Swordsmen eager to challenge him for a chance to receive his guidance.

• The Les Brothers countered Riezel’s straight-line Thunderclap and Flash with a prepared pincer attack.
• Riezel used Thunderclap and Flash: Six Consecutive to rebound off flying rubble, change direction repeatedly, and defeat the two remaining Les Brothers.
• Riezel reassured the crowd that the Les Brothers’ wounds were superficial, and the brothers conceded.
• Riezel suggested that the Les Brothers concentrate all three of their strength and magic power in one person, possibly reaching Sword Saint-level power.
• The Les Brothers thanked Riezel for his guidance, and he summoned another sheathed sword and invited the next challenger.

At the Corderion estate, the young master and his sister discussed Riezel Brihaut’s rise to Sword Saint and decided to approach him cautiously. The sister remained eager to compete with Yuri Franzer and secretly considered meeting Riezel herself.

• The young man trained with his heavy sword while his sister reported that the Les Brothers had lost to Riezel Brihaut and praised him.
• The siblings agreed that Riezel was a genuine Sword Saint, and the young man ordered their watchers recalled to avoid provoking him and Yuri Franzer.
• The young man concluded that recruiting Riezel was unlikely because of his close relationship with Yuri, but proposed seeking cooperation against the Mad Dog Prince.
• The young man told his sister to have Carly befriend Riezel and learn his opinion of their family before he approached him.
• After her brother left, the girl decided she might sneak out to meet Riezel herself.

Riezel spent another day defeating challengers at the arena outside Franzer Villa, earning the title Lightning Sword Saint as his fame spread through the capital. Yuri discovered her younger siblings had become enthusiastic fans of Riezel, while an unknown visitor arrived at the villa.

• Riezel defeated a challenger, then advised him to think flexibly during battle instead of relying on rehearsed sword techniques.
• Ian managed the queue as Riezel continued accepting challengers, and Yuri learned he had fought 108 matches that day.
• Yuri complained that Riezel's challenges left him no time to have tea with her.
• Yuri saw Isaac and Mediste cheering for Riezel and learned from Marilyn that they had been doing so for three days.
• An unknown visitor arrived at Franzer Villa and asked if it was the right place.

Yuri sorted through the nobles’ invitations to Riezel while a royal visitor arrived at the Franzer estate. Riezel paused his arena challenge after learning that Princess Liz Ginas had come specifically to see him.

• Yuri decided to answer invitations from duke families personally and send polite refusals to the other nobles.
• Ain informed Yuri and Marilyn that Princess Liz Ginas had arrived at the estate.
• Riezel continued defeating challengers in the arena while Ian recorded their names.
• Ian interrupted the next challenge and told Riezel that Princess Liz Ginas had come to see him.

Riezel learned that Princess Liz Ginas was a fifteen-year-old True Swordsman with little public presence, then met her at the reception room. After a nervous greeting, Liz asked him to make her his slave, causing him to spit out his tea.

• Ian told Riezel that Liz Ginas was the Ninth Princess and had become a True Swordsman at fifteen.
• Riezel entered the reception room and found Yuri, Marilyn, and the nervous Princess Liz waiting for him.
• Liz bowed repeatedly to Riezel, while Yuri and Marilyn reacted with visible displeasure.
• After tea was served, Liz gathered her courage and asked Riezel to make her his slave.
• Riezel spat out his tea in shock.

Princess Liz asked to become Riezel’s slave, leaving him flustered and unsure how to respond. Yuri explained that the royal family had sent Liz to become his retainer and bind him through a wish that would prevent him from acting against the kingdom.

• Liz pleaded to become Riezel’s slave and repeatedly demeaned herself when he questioned her request.
• Riezel stopped Liz and left the reception room with Yuri to ask her what was happening.
• Yuri said she believed the royal family had ordered Liz to become Riezel’s retainer.
• Yuri explained that powerful people used Retainer Contracts and their granted wishes to restrain talented mages and protect their interests.
• Yuri told Riezel the royal family likely sent Liz to make him promise not to act against the kingdom.

Riezel refused Princess Liz’s request to become his retainer, but agreed to spar with her when she asked to show him her sword. As the match was about to begin, Yuri learned that Liz was an illegitimate daughter brought into the royal family at age seven.

• Yuri explained that the royal family sent Princess Liz because Riezel’s promise as a mage made him valuable to them.
• Riezel told Liz he would not take a retainer and warned the royal family to leave him alone.
• Liz asked Riezel to spar with her, saying that swinging a sword was the only thing she trusted, and he agreed.
• In the estate garden, Liz drew a powerful golden sword and prepared to make the first move against Riezel.
• Yuri asked Marilyn about Liz, who revealed that Liz had not been born or raised in the palace and was an illegitimate daughter brought back by the King at age seven.

Liz used the Ginas Kingdom Royal Family’s War King Sword Skill against Riezel, but he countered her Spiritual Power with Thunder Breathing and gained the upper hand. The duel ended with Riezel drawing his sword and knocking Liz’s Golden Sword away.

• Liz released Spiritual Power through the War King Sword Skill and attacked Riezel with her Golden Sword.
• Riezel defended with his sheathed sword, then used Thunder Breathing to evade Liz’s attacks and clash with her sword lights.
• Ain, Ian, and the villa’s knights rushed toward the battle, while Yuri warned them to stay back.
• Riezel struck Liz with Heat Realm Thunder and followed with Rice Spirit, blasting her into the air.
• Riezel used Thunderclap and Flash, drew his sword, and knocked Liz’s sword away.

Riezel defeated Liz in a duel but refused her request to become his attendant, despite recognizing her exceptional swordsmanship. After Rom urged Liz to try again on the king’s orders, she appeared at Riezel’s arena the next morning and asked him to teach her.

• Riezel won the duel with a lightning-fast strike, and Liz admitted she could not use the Golden Sword Moslo’s power.
• Riezel praised Liz’s skill but refused to take her as an attendant, and she left Franzer Villa with Yuri and Marilyn.
• In a carriage, Rom told Liz to make another effort to approach Riezel because His Majesty wanted her to do so.
• The next morning, Liz stood on the arena stage and nervously asked Riezel to teach her.

Liz repeatedly challenged Riezel in hopes of becoming his retainer, and her persistence made him question the royal family’s treatment of her. After Marilyn asked whether Liz’s situation was acceptable, she said that she herself would welcome it.

• Liz challenged Riezel every day and grew popular, while nobles who pursued her faced harsh consequences.
• After half a month, Riezel asked Liz why she kept challenging him, and she said wielding a sword was all she knew how to do.
• Riezel ended the arena challenges for the day and later met Marilyn in the manor corridor.
• Marilyn asked whether Riezel would accept Liz as his retainer, and he explained that he rejected the contract’s restrictions and the royal family’s decision to trade Liz’s freedom.
• Riezel asked Marilyn whether she would willingly become someone else’s retainer if ordered by the royal family, and she replied that she couldn’t ask for more.

Marilyn persuaded Riezel to reconsider taking Liz as his retainer, arguing that the king needed Riezel’s agreement and could negotiate the terms. Reflecting on the danger to his body during Dimensional Travel, Riezel decided to give the idea a try.

• Marilyn explained to Riezel that princesses often lacked freedom and that becoming a retainer could offer Liz a better life.
• Marilyn said Liz had been treated poorly at the palace and would likely face misfortune if she stayed there.
• Marilyn told Riezel that the king wanted the contract and that Riezel could negotiate acceptable conditions.
• Back in his room at Franzer Villa, Riezel considered how his body was left defenseless during Dimensional Travel.
• Riezel decided to try taking Liz as his retainer.

Liz went to Franzer Villa to challenge Riezel again, buoyed by the crowd’s enthusiastic support. Riezel postponed the day’s challenges and privately asked Liz whether she truly wanted to become his attendant, leaving her to answer.

• Liz arrived at Franzer Villa and received an enthusiastic welcome from the crowd, whose male members gave her their places in the challenge queue.
• Liz registered under her first name with Ain and waited for Riezel to arrive.
• Riezel postponed the day’s challenges and asked Liz to follow him inside for a private talk.
• In the reception room, Riezel asked Liz whether she personally wanted to become his attendant, apart from the royal family’s wishes or anyone else’s orders.

Riezel asked Liz whether she wanted to become his attendant and warned her that his future would involve an unsettled, dangerous life of travel. Liz revealed that she preferred wandering to palace life and wanted to go with him, but Riezel sent her away to await his decision.

• Riezel asked Liz whether she wanted to return to the palace and continue being a princess, and she said she did not want that life.
• Riezel explained that becoming his attendant could mean having no fixed home, traveling widely, and facing danger, but Liz said she was willing.
• Liz told Riezel that she had wandered with Grandma Mia before entering the palace at seven, and that Grandma Mia had raised her with Moslo until she died at eighty-eight.
• Liz said her mother had died after giving birth to her and had entrusted her to Grandma Mia, who later contacted Father King to take her into the palace.
• Riezel told Liz to go home and wait for his message, and she left the Franzer Family.

Liz told Rom that Riezel had asked her to wait for news about the contract. Rom later confronted Riezel in the wilderness, where Riezel challenged him to a duel and Rom answered with a devastating shadow sword strike.

• Liz told Rom that Riezel had asked her to return and wait for news, and Rom decided they would wait.
• Rom left the carriage and traveled beyond Yeluf, where Riezel revealed himself after secretly following him.
• Riezel explained that his unusual sight had exposed Rom’s concealment and challenged the Shadow Sword Saint to teach him through combat.
• Rom warned Riezel that he was a newcomer among Sword Saints and evaded his Thunderclap and Flash after studying it in the arena.
• Rom vanished and attacked with Black Sword: Shadow Slash, carving a deep ravine through the wilderness.

Riezel battled Rom, evading the Shadow Sword’s hidden attacks and escalating Thunderclap and Flash into a ten-strike sequence. After Rom recognized Riezel’s Decomposition Magic and called off the fight, Riezel refused to stop and prepared another slash.

• Rom repeatedly attacked Riezel with the concealed Shadow Sword, while Riezel used Clear World and his speed to dodge and locate him.
• Riezel struck at Rom with Thunderclap and Flash, then used its Six, Eight, and Ten Consecutive variations, but Rom blocked each attack with the Shadow Sword.
• Rom blasted Riezel away with a powerful slash, and Riezel’s blade shattered from repeated use.
• Rom attacked the unarmed Riezel, but withdrew the Shadow Sword when scarlet ripples revealed Riezel was using Yuri Franzer’s Decomposition Magic.
• Rom proposed ending the fight, but Riezel refused and summoned a scorching blade for his next slash.

Riezel defeated Rom in a devastating clash between Godspeed and Rom’s One-Hit Kill, then left the injured Shadow Sword Saint with a warning about Kakushi’s attacks and the royal family’s decision concerning Princess Liz. Rom resolved to urge the king to decide how to handle the matter.

• Rom sensed the lethal threat of Riezel’s true Magic Weapon and prepared his Shadow Strike Sword Skill’s killing move, One-Hit Kill.
• Riezel unleashed Thunderclap and Flash: Divine Speed, and his lightning slash overwhelmed Rom’s black-light attack.
• Rom emerged injured from the ruined wilderness, while Riezel said he had deliberately avoided his vital points.
• Riezel held Rom responsible for Kakushi’s attacks and said the royal family’s response to Princess Liz’s matter would determine what happened next.
• Riezel vanished in a flash of lightning, and Rom decided to ask His Majesty to make a proper decision soon.

Riezel accepted the Royal Family’s terms and completed a Retainer Contract with Liz, making her his lifelong retainer. After the ceremony, Liz reclaimed her original surname, Reinayl, while Moslo’s Sword began to glow.

• Liz brought Riezel the Royal Family’s agreement, which limited his actions against Ginas Kingdom and prohibited him from demanding the War King Sword Skill.
• Riezel accepted the terms, and the Royal Family announced that he would receive the Sword Saint Medal two days later.
• Riezel and Liz exchanged blood and completed the Retainer Contract at Franzer Villa.
• Rom told Liz she could no longer use the royal surname Ginas, so Riezel asked what surname she wanted.
• Liz chose her original surname and became Liz Reinayl, while Moslo’s Sword quietly began to emit light.