Chapter Summaries

The Franzer Family announced a public War Festival, drawing attention to its conflict with Yuri and interest in Riezel’s exposed status as a Tactical Class Mage. Riezel refused the royal family’s invitation to become a noble, then Isaac demanded that he teach him magic.

• Alderman promoted the War Festival, and people across the Franzer Family and beyond began investigating its purpose and preparing to attend.
• Alderman planned to hold the public festival at Vendini’s largest training ground, while Yuri complained to Riezel that she felt her father was using her to revive it.
• Yuri told Riezel that the royal family wanted him to return to the capital for an official post and viscount title after his Tactical Class Mage status became known.
• Riezel wondered how his magic had been exposed but decided he would refuse to return to the capital and become a noble.
• Isaac blocked Riezel on his way to practice magic and demanded that Riezel teach him.

Isaac asked Riezel to teach him magic, refusing to accept that he lacked the talent, and offered increasingly outrageous bribes. Mediste caught him offering a recording Magic Crystal, dragged him away, and Riezel found the crystal and kept it.

• Isaac told Riezel he wanted to become a mage despite his father and sisters believing he lacked the necessary magic power.
• Riezel refused to teach Isaac, who tried to persuade him with money, Magic Items, girls, and a Magic Crystal containing recordings of his sisters bathing.
• Mediste overheard Isaac's offer, seized him, and dragged him away after asking Riezel to forget what her brother had said.
• Mediste recalled that her father intended to marry her to Riezel and believed she lacked the power to resist his decisions.
• Riezel found the Magic Crystal Isaac had dropped and took it with him.

The Franzer Family’s War Festival opened, drawing spectators and powerful guests who focused on Yuri’s group and Riezel. As Alderman announced the rules, Sephaz and Marilyn entered the arena to begin the first match, while Riezel sensed something unsettling about the mysterious Swordsman.

• Riezel and Yuri’s group arrived at the training grounds alongside Alderman’s larger entourage, attracting attention from spectators and visiting dignitaries.
• Riezel noticed that the mysterious male Swordsman seemed more dangerous than before, though Yuri and the others did not sense any change.
• Alderman gave the opening remarks and explained the festival’s best-two-out-of-three rules, including emblem destruction as the way to win each match.
• Alderman called for the first Swordsman-only contest, and Sephaz entered to cheers from the crowd.
• Yuri sent Marilyn to face Sephaz, and the two drew their weapons as the first match began.

Marilyn lost the Swordsman match to Sephaz after a fierce duel, and Yuri entered the Mage match against Alderman. Yuri revealed overwhelming purple energy that left Alderman visibly shaken as their match began.

• Marilyn attacked Sephaz with rapid, intricate swordplay, but Sephaz calmly defended and waited for her stamina to fade.
• Sephaz split Marilyn's shoulder emblem with a swift thrust, winning the first match for Alderman.
• Marilyn returned to Yuri's group, and Yuri stepped forward to compete in the Mage match.
• Alderman told Yuri he expected to win because she could not use Tactical Class or Strategic Class Magic.
• Yuri unleashed a wave of purple energy that decomposed the ground, leaving Alderman and the spectators stunned.

Yuri defeated Alderman by exploiting his rigid, textbook-based fighting style and forcing him to switch between magical and physical defenses. After the match, Alderman collapsed, while Yuri left the arena victorious.

• Alderman opened the match with a magical barrier, summoned two Mud Golems, and began preparing a powerful elemental attack.
• Yuri used magic to trap the Mud Golems, then removed the ground beneath Alderman and dropped him into a pit.
• Yuri turned the pit into a swamp and poured a sandstorm into it, forcing Alderman to replace his magical barrier with a physical one to escape.
• Yuri appeared behind Alderman and pointed a magical attack at him, explaining that she had anticipated his defensive switch and left him unable to defend against magic.
• The announcer declared Marquis Franzer the winner, and Alderman collapsed as Yuri walked away.

After Yuri defeated Alderman, Riezel faced Gil Dadis in the decisive final match of the War Festival. Gil opened with a killing strike, but Riezel parried and wounded him, leaving the arena stunned.

• Isaac and Mediste celebrated Yuri’s victory and hoped the War Festival would help reunite their family.
• Yuri congratulated Riezel and left the final match in his hands, while spectators anticipated his abilities.
• Alderman asked Gil Dadis whether he could defeat Riezel, and Gil instead wondered what color Riezel’s blood was before walking onto the field.
• Riezel and Gil began the decisive match, and Gil rushed in with a lethal slash aimed at Riezel’s neck.
• Riezel blocked Gil’s attack with a silver shortsword, counterattacked, and left Gil bleeding on the ground.

Riezel revealed that he was both a veteran True Swordsman and a Tactical Class Mage while fighting Gil in the War Festival. Gil survived Riezel’s magic attack and unleashed blood-red power, which Yuri recognized as Demon Sword Skills.

• After Riezel tried to kick him, Gil sprang up from the ground, revealing that his chest wound was not as serious as it seemed.
• Gil laughed at the blood on his hand, opened his crimson eyes, and attacked Riezel with far greater speed.
• Riezel fought Gil with a shortsword, then cast Arcing Ray and struck him with an explosive arrow of light.
• The spectators realized Riezel was both a veteran True Swordsman and a Tactical Class Mage, and Yuri ordered the stands evacuated.
• Gil charged through the flames, strengthened by blood-red magic power, and Yuri identified his techniques as Demon Sword Skills.

A young noble identified Gil as a surviving practitioner of the blood-consuming Demon Sword Skills while Gil’s madness and power escalated. Riezel unleashed his wind-enhanced magic to overwhelm Gil, then struck him with a powerful bombardment spell as the arena barrier shook.

• The young noble explained that Demon Sword Skills grew stronger through killing and drinking blood, and suggested some practitioners or techniques might have survived their supposed extermination.
• Gil lost himself to his thirst for blood, drove Riezel backward, and rushed in for another attack.
• Riezel used Protective Magic and Tempest to surround himself with a dark green gale and meet Gil’s blood-red assault.
• Riezel and Gil traded lethal sword strikes, but Riezel’s wind deflected Gil’s blow while Riezel’s slashes wounded Gil across his body.
• Riezel fired Arcing Ray at the wounded Gil, and its explosion shook the training ground and made the spectator barrier tremble.

Riezel’s fight with Gil continued as Gil endured his attacks and then tried to replenish himself by attacking Yuri. Riezel saved her, was wounded in the process, and prepared to crush Gil in retaliation.

• Gil survived Riezel’s spells and sword strikes, using his endurance and sharp instincts to avoid serious injury.
• Riezel recognized that Gil’s crimson magic power strengthened him and could interfere with other people’s blood, though Self-Salvation protected him from its effects.
• Gil charged at Yuri to drink her blood and regain strength, while Marilyn moved to defend her.
• Riezel used Tempest to intercept Gil’s blade with his hand and kicked him into the stands’ retaining wall.
• After Gil called for blood, the wounded Riezel vowed to grind him into a bloody pulp.

Riezel defeated Gil in the War Festival after overwhelming him with enhanced speed and swordsmanship, then destroyed him with crimson ripples. Riezel was declared the final victor.

• Gil regained his senses and feared Riezel, but Riezel attacked before he could escape.
• Riezel used the Fool's Sword and enhanced speed to slash Gil repeatedly while deflecting most of his counterattacks.
• Gil forced Riezel back with a shockwave and tried to flee.
• Riezel struck Gil with crimson ripples, disintegrating him into ash.
• The War Festival ended with Riezel as its final victor.

After the War Festival, Riezel’s victory and unusual combination of swordsmanship and magic drew attention from nobles and foreign powers, while the Franzer Family began treating him with greater deference. He encountered Isaac asking to learn magic and Mediste, who said Alderman remained shut in his room after his defeat and Gil’s betrayal.

• People discussed Riezel’s victory over Gil and his skill as both a veteran True Swordsman and a Tactical Class Mage, while outsiders made plans to approach or recruit him.
• A young nobleman from the royal capital ordered his attendant to send a calling card to the Franzer Family so he could meet Riezel.
• Riezel noticed the Franzer servants, guards, and knights treated him with far greater reverence than before, and he missed the family atmosphere of the Loki Familia.
• Isaac demanded that Riezel teach him magic, but Riezel rejected him and sent him flying when he charged.
• Mediste apologized for Isaac and told Riezel that Alderman still refused to leave his room after his defeat and Gil’s betrayal.

After Alderman withdrew in shame from the War Festival’s aftermath, Riezel agreed to meet an important visitor from the royal capital. He was introduced to Marquis Philip Charlor and Philip’s attendant Griman, whose strength and fighting spirit caught Riezel’s attention.

• Mediste and Isaac criticized Alderman for hiding away and leaving Yuri to handle the War Festival’s aftermath.
• Mediste asked about Riezel’s injuries, and he explained that he had healed himself with Dia Flatol.
• Riezel went to meet the special guest who had requested him by name, leaving Mediste to deal with Isaac’s Magic Crystals.
• Yuri introduced Riezel to Marquis Philip Charlor, a noble from the royal capital, and Philip introduced his attendant Griman.
• Riezel sensed that Griman was strong, at least as strong as Marilyn, and noticed the fighting spirit in his eyes.

Philip visited Franzer Territory on the royal family's orders to offer Riezel a viscountcy and confirm Yuri's condition. Yuri and Riezel both refused to return to the Royal Capital, with Riezel making his return depend on the kingdom delivering judgment against those who attacked him.

• Riezel greeted Philip and Griman, then sat beside Yuri, prompting Philip to realize their relationship was closer than that of a lord and subordinate.
• Philip told Riezel the royal family would not punish him for using Tactical Class Magic in the Royal Capital because he had been defending the Franzer Family.
• Philip explained that Riezel was entitled to an audience with the king, an official appointment, and a viscountcy, and that he had also come to check on Yuri.
• Yuri refused to return to the Royal Capital, citing threats in her territory and the work awaiting her there.
• Riezel also refused to return, pointing to the attacks against him and saying he would reconsider after the kingdom judged those responsible.
• Philip accepted their positions and prepared to report them to the king.

After Philip left the Franzer Family estate, Yuri warned Riezel that the Ginas Kingdom would keep trying to recruit him because of his power. Riezel decided he needed enough strength to deter the kingdom, and Yuri told him to become a Sword Saint.

• Philip finished speaking with Yuri and Riezel, then left the estate with Griman.
• Yuri explained that the royal family would continue seeking to bind Riezel to the Ginas Kingdom because he was a veteran True Swordsman and Tactical Class Mage.
• Riezel said he did not want to become a noble or be used as a military weapon, and asked how strong he would need to become to deter the kingdom.
• Yuri advised Riezel to become a Sword Saint, explaining that Sword Saints could threaten powerful individuals in ways Strategic Class Mages could not.
• Riezel accepted the goal of becoming a Sword Saint and decided it was time to undergo Dimensional Travel again.

Riezel protected his body, updated his Ability Value, and opened a Dimensional Passage to Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba. He entered the new world by consciousness descent, leaving his body behind in the Franzer Family estate.

• Riezel told Yuri he would rest for a day, then cast protective magic and set spells to detect anyone entering his room.
• Riezel used Loki's Divine Blood to update his Ability Value, raising all three of his Development Abilities by one rank.
• Riezel checked that he had 40 units of Dimensional Energy and instructed the Dimensional Cube to open a passage.
• The Dimensional Cube connected him to Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, where time passed at a ratio of 1:180 and his manifested consciousness would die without harming his original body.
• Riezel recalled the world’s demons and Demon Hunters, considered pursuing its power system, and sent his consciousness through the passage.

Riezel arrived in a dark mountain forest and found a hut where a demon had killed and cooked its human resident. After the demon attacked him, Riezel destroyed her body and head with his powers, leaving no trace of her.

• Riezel emerged from Dimensional Travel in a moonless mountain forest and used a small flame to see.
• Riezel spotted a lit hut, approached it, and was invited inside by a young woman.
• The woman revealed she was a man-eating demon and had put the hut’s murdered resident in her cooking pot.
• Riezel dodged the demon’s pounce and severed her head with the Hermit's Sword, but she continued fighting.
• Riezel used his power to disintegrate the demon’s body, then destroyed her escaping head with a crimson ripple.

After destroying the cabin where the man-eating demon had been, Riezel descended into a town and used a newspaper to learn that he had arrived during the Infinite Train arc. He traveled to a western town’s station to board the train, suspecting the journey would bring trouble.

• Riezel burned down the cabin after the man-eating demon died and left the mountain.
• Riezel entered a small town and bought a newspaper, learning that the Infinite Train had resumed operations.
• Riezel realized he had arrived during the Infinite Train arc, when Upper Rank Demons would begin appearing.
• Riezel bought a map and traveled west to a train station, where he bought a ticket and waited on the platform.
• A train pulled into the station as Riezel anticipated that his journey would not be ordinary.

Riezel boarded the Mugen Train on its first trip after repairs and encountered Rengoku Kyojuro, a Demon Slayer Corps member whose breathing technique he quickly imitated. Rengoku noticed and offered guidance before introducing himself, leaving the two men acquainted aboard the train.

• Riezel boarded the Mugen Train amid rumors that passengers had disappeared aboard it.
• Rengoku Kyojuro warned the passengers to stay alert, startling them into leaving the carriage.
• Riezel sensed Rengoku's unusual breathing and began imitating his Total Concentration Breathing.
• Rengoku sat beside Riezel, corrected his breathing technique, and encouraged him to continue practicing.
• Rengoku introduced himself and asked Riezel for his name.

Riezel met the Flame Hashira, Rengoku Kyojuro, aboard the Infinite Train and promised to protect him, despite Rengoku insisting that he would protect Riezel. Their playful argument was interrupted when Inosuke smashed through the carriage door and challenged Rengoku to a fight.

• Riezel discussed the danger aboard the Infinite Train with Rengoku, who vowed to protect all two hundred passengers.
• Riezel asked who would protect Rengoku, then claimed he was stronger and should protect the Flame Hashira instead.
• Rengoku and Riezel traded increasingly exaggerated claims about how strong they were and who would protect whom.
• Inosuke crashed through the carriage door while Zenitsu and Tanjiro tried to stop him.
• Inosuke demanded to know where the Flame Hashira was and challenged him to a fight.

Kamado Tanjiro, Agatsuma Zenitsu, and Hashibira Inosuke joined Rengoku Kyojuro and Riezel aboard the Infinite Train to support the investigation into the growing number of disappearances. Rengoku welcomed the newcomers and agreed to observe them, while Riezel found himself out of place amid their antics.

• Kamado Tanjiro, Agatsuma Zenitsu, and Hashibira Inosuke barged into the carriage, and Inosuke charged at Rengoku Kyojuro before Rengoku swiftly pinned him down.
• Riezel continued eating bento as Rengoku released Inosuke, forgave him, and offered food to the three newcomers.
• Tanjiro introduced himself and his companions, while Riezel noticed the wooden box on Tanjiro's back and heard the faint breathing within it.
• Tanjiro explained that the Demon Slayer Corps had sent them to support Rengoku because people and Corps members had gone missing on the Infinite Train.
• Inosuke mistook the train for a steel beast, and Zenitsu shouted at him before the group settled into their seats.
• Rengoku learned that Kocho had recommended the trio and invited them to stay with him, prompting Tanjiro to lower his head gloomily.