Chapter Summaries

The Instructors and Roy’s group were taken to the Apple Orchard, where the evidence of Jones’s slave-trading operation had been replaced to frame them for killing farmers. Christine Swynborne’s noble status forced the Elven Guards to let them leave, while Deputy Inquisitor Raphael warned Lord Alvis that the Swynborne Family’s influence made further trouble dangerous.

• Instructor Nora, Instructor Eleanor, Instructor Virgil, and Instructor Gru suspected the Elven Guards and Inquisition officials were colluding with Jones to frame them.
• At the Apple Orchard, the basement had been turned into a wine cellar, and the dead slave traders had been dressed as farmers.
• Instructor Eleanor invoked the Academy’s standing and demanded that Benjamin the Mage be returned, but the Elven Guard Captain said he had been released.
• The Elven Guards and Elf Archers blocked Instructor Eleanor and Instructor Virgil from leaving until Christine Swynborne revealed her noble badge.
• The Instructors and Adventure Group returned to Castleton after the Inquisition official ordered the guards to lower their weapons.
• Deputy Inquisitor Raphael warned Lord Alvis that Christine belonged to the powerful Swynborne Family and told him to resolve the matter before the Investigation Team arrived.

Roy and the Adventure Group returned from Padesto City to Castleton with Woods, who found shelter at the Goddess of Freedom Temple. Roy reunited with High Priest Reed and Ms. Belinda, sharing news of his progress and adventures.

• Instructor Nora brought the Adventure Group and Woods through the portal to Pattington Island, then led them back to Castleton City by sailboat.
• Roy brought Woods to the Goddess of Freedom Temple, where High Priest Reed offered him a room and discussed the oppression of Half-Elves.
• Roy told High Priest Reed that he had become a level-seven Novice Priest and showed him the Withered Light Flower he had found.
• Roy settled Woods into a temple dormitory and then went home to find Ms. Belinda waiting for him.
• Roy recounted his adventures on the Pattington Plane to Ms. Belinda, who said she wanted to visit someday.

Roy returned to Castleton with gifts for Ms. Belinda and prepared to resume his studies before Elf Academy opened. He reunited with Tiffany on the Black Pearl, told her Abbott might be hiding in Padesto City, and learned that Elf Academy was protesting the guards’ ties to slave traders.

• Roy gave Ms. Belinda gemstones, magic crystals, and magical beast teeth after she showed him her Sculptor New Talent Award.
• Moira visited Roy to ask about the Light Flowers, and he gave her a magic dagger and Wind Fox fur before arranging to see Tiffany.
• Roy studied divine arts with High Priest Reed and invited Woods to attend Elf Academy with him.
• Roy and Moira visited Tiffany on the Black Pearl, where he told her about Benjamin and Abbott appearing in Padesto City and warned her that the city was dangerous.
• Instructor Nora reported the events in Padesto to Elf Academy, and its headmaster accused the Pattington Plane’s Elven Guards of colluding with Slave Traders.

Roy began the new term at Elf Academy, where Woods enrolled and Tiffany’s application to study there was approved. A month later, news arrived that a Half-Elf rebellion on the Pattington Plane had been crushed by the Silver Moon Elf army, though the rebels escaped into the forest.

• Roy met Tiffany and Woods at the Goddess of Freedom Temple, and Tiffany decided to apply to Elf Academy.
• The academy approved Tiffany’s application, and she, Roy, Woods, and Klayr chose their courses.
• Roy resumed his studies, visited Mrs. Winnie’s Night Blade Leopard with grilled fish, wrote to Xavier, and told Countess Amelia about the events on the Pattington Plane.
• A month into the term, no news had arrived from Woods’s elders, and a Half-Elf Resistance Army declared its separation from the Silver Moon Elf Kingdom.
• The Silver Moon Elf army crushed the rebels after they failed to seize the teleportation gates, and the survivors fled into the forest.

Roy’s life in Castleton City continued as he joined the Adventure Group, studied divine arts, and spent time with his friends while the Pattington Plane’s rebellion faded from public view. The chapter left Ms. Belinda still weighing whether to move to Buenos City and Alvis’s rule largely unchallenged.

• Alvis became chairman of Padesto City’s Elven Council of Elders after proposing restrictive laws targeting Half-Elves, while the Silver Moon Elf army failed to locate the rebels and sealed off the jungle.
• Roy, Sabrina, and Miss Christine joined the Adventure Group, discussed Pattington’s worsening tensions, and accepted Miss Christine’s invitation to a ball at her country estate.
• Ms. Belinda’s black Linglong Ball attracted a Silver Moon Elf noble and invitations from art galleries, but she hesitated to move to Buenos City because Roy had built a life in Castleton City.
• Roy advanced to a level-nine Novice Priest and began learning Wisdom Blessing from High Priest Reed, while Tiffany helped with the Goddess of Freedom Temple’s weekly gatherings.
• Tiffany explained that Moira had become her friend through visits to the Black Pearl and a shared interest in hearing stories about the sea.
• The instructors remained doubtful that Alvis could govern well, but the Pattington Plane returned to apparent peace after the Investigation Team was assassinated and subsequent investigators grew more cautious.

Roy, Sabrina, and Woods visited Ma Tie Manor, a luxurious Swynborne Family estate where Silver Pegasi were raised. They settled into guest rooms and waited for Miss Christine, who was entertaining another guest.

• The Swynborne Family was described as one of Castleton City's most powerful Silver Moon families, with its heirs traditionally commanding the Seventeenth Legion.
• Miss Christine sent a carriage to collect Roy and Sabrina, and they picked up Woods at the Goddess of Freedom Temple before traveling to Ma Tie Manor.
• Roy, Sabrina, and Woods admired the valley's Silver Clover pasture, Silver Pegasi, and the manor's carefully designed gardens.
• The manor's butler checked their invitations and led the three guests to a two-story building where they could rest before lunch.
• Roy found refreshments in the kitchen, while Woods examined a living window frame grafted with a parasitic plant.

Roy, Sabrina, and Woods attended lunch and afternoon tea at Earl Swynborne’s manor, where the Earl thanked Roy for saving Christine and questioned him about the magician involved in the attack. Roy explained Benjamin and Abbott’s connection to the prison break, and the Earl’s wife joined them as the group recounted what had happened on the island.

• Roy tried cake and tea at the manor’s lunch, and Christine arranged for another cake to be sent to his room.
• Christine invited Roy, Sabrina, and Woods to afternoon tea with her father, Earl Swynborne.
• Earl Swynborne thanked Roy for saving Christine and asked about the magician among the prisoners.
• Roy identified the magician as Benjamin and described his partnership with Abbott, who had murdered Roy’s friend Jasper.
• The Countess joined them, and Roy, Sabrina, and Woods retold the events on the island while Christine recalled her embarrassment.

Earl Swynborne asked Roy, Sabrina, and Woods to help identify the men who had captured Christine in Padesto City, and they agreed to go despite their academy obligations. After the ball, they left Ma Tie Manor for Padesto City, where Roy hoped to capture Benjamin and Abbott and Woods hoped to find his missing elders.

• Earl Swynborne asked Roy, Sabrina, and Woods to help identify the men who had captured Christine, and they agreed to consider the request.
• Christine introduced the three to her Silver Moon Elf friends at the ball, where Roy danced with Sherry.
• The group spent the night at Ma Tie Manor, and Roy planned to leave for Castleton City the next morning.
• Christine offered to refuse Earl Swynborne's request on their behalf, but Roy, Woods, and Sabrina said they wanted to go to Padesto City.
• Roy, Woods, Sabrina, and Christine boarded a carriage to Padesto City; Roy intended to capture Benjamin and Abbott, while Woods wanted to find his missing elders.

Roy and Woods prepared for a return to Padesto City while Roy pursued divine training and relied on Woods to protect and cultivate Light Flowers aboard the Black Pearl. After Klayr offered to join the trip, Woods proposed using his plant magic to revive the ship’s damaged main mast.

• Sabrina joined Roy and Woods on their journey toward Padesto City, but a letter from Woods’s elder revealed that he had joined the Half-Elf Rebel Army and told Woods not to come looking for him.
• Roy studied divine arts and later learned that an intruder had secretly boarded the Black Pearl, so Woods grew watchful ivy around the ship and showed Roy that nineteen Light Flower seeds had sprouted.
• Roy struggled to keep the Light Flowers alive at home, but their sacred leaves let him absorb more Holy Light Power whenever he brought them back to the Black Pearl.
• Roy told Klayr that he planned to return to Padesto City to find Benjamin and Abbott and settle matters with Jasper, and Klayr asked to accompany him.
• Woods discovered that the Black Pearl’s repaired main mast remained dangerously weak and offered to revive the wood with plant magic so it could repair itself.

Roy prepared the Black Pearl for a future trip to the Pattington Plane while Xiu confronted Captain Relf in the sea. Tiffany's accidental arrival broke their underwater standoff, and Xiu dragged the weakened Relf toward the seabed as Roy and his companions reached the fight.

• Woods cultivated vines and plants aboard the Black Pearl and told Roy that one drop of Spring of Life could fully awaken its main mast.
• Tiffany asked to travel with Roy to the Pattington Plane, and Roy agreed to take her along with Woods, Sabrina, and Klayr.
• Xiu ambushed Captain Relf in the shallow waters near the Sea Wolf, and the two fought through the night.
• Tiffany leaped into the sea from the Black Pearl and intervened after she heard the fight, freezing Relf and striking him with ice arrows.
• Xiu seized the weakened Captain Relf and dragged him underwater as Woods, Roy, and Sabrina arrived; Roy recognized Relf as he sank toward the seabed.

After Xiu killed the escaped Captain Relf, Roy and his companions disposed of the body and Roy visited Jasper’s grave. Roy then led his group from Pattington Island through a Teleportation Portal to Padesto City, where Christine joined them as the city remained under military control.

• Xiu dragged Captain Relf ashore after killing him underwater, and Roy confirmed that the Gray Dwarf was dead.
• Roy reported Captain Relf’s death to the Elven Guards, who verified his identity, promised Roy the bounty, and left him responsible for the corpse.
• Roy and his companions burned Captain Relf’s body and scattered its ashes into the sea.
• Roy visited Jasper’s grave and told him about Captain Relf’s death and his plan to search for Benjamin and Abbott in Padesto.
• Roy, Woods, Sabrina, Klayr, and Miss Tiffany traveled to Pattington Island and used its Teleportation Portal to reach Padesto City, where Christine met them.
• Christine introduced Klayr to the group, and they rode through Padesto’s deserted streets toward their inn.

Roy and his companions arrived in a deserted Padesto City, where Officer Cardiff arranged a search operation and protection for Miss Christine. Baron Alvis grew increasingly isolated under military control as merchants, councilors, and Half-Elves left the city.

• Roy learned from the innkeeper that Half-Elves and inn attendants had fled Padesto City after the riots and the Elven Guards' arrests.
• Officer Cardiff told Miss Christine that the search would begin in the eastern district the next day and assigned twelve Elf Warriors to protect her group.
• Baron Alvis reflected on how his land annexation and the escaped slaves had helped spark the Half-Elf riot, then raged over the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion's continued presence.
• Baron Alvis received Councilor Ansel's letter relinquishing his Elder Council voting rights while leaving for Buenos, and tore it up in anger.
• Merchants, Adventure Groups, and Half-Elves continued leaving Padesto City, with many Half-Elves fleeing into the forests because they could not afford Teleportation Portal tickets.

Roy and the others watched Padesto City’s military investigate its residents and expose Baron Alvis’s slave-trading empire. Alvis was sent to Buenos to face trial, and the lands he had seized were declared public as the Half-Elves celebrated.

• Officer Cardiff led Elf Warriors in searching Padesto City’s treehouses and recording the residents’ information.
• Roy’s investigation team learned that slave-trading groups had ties to city officials and that Baron Alvis controlled the largest operation.
• The Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion arrested Alvis, and officials arranged for him to stand trial before the Silver Moon Elf Elder Council in Buenos.
• Roy, Woods, Christine, Sabrina, and Miss Tiffany watched Half-Elves curse and throw apples at Alvis’s iron carriage as it crossed Central Square.
• After Alvis’s carriage entered the Teleportation Portal, a Silver Pegasus officer announced that his seized lands would become public, prompting the Half-Elves to cheer.

Roy and his companions finished searching Padesto City without finding Benjamin or Abbott, while the operation exposed the city’s slave traders and implicated Silver Moon Elf nobles. The group returned to Pattington Island and boarded a sailboat for Castleton City, leaving the stranded nobles and Commander Baldwin’s troubles behind.

• Roy and his companions completed the screening of Padesto City, arrested the remaining slave traders, and found no trace of Benjamin or Abbott.
• Miss Christine led Roy, Klayr, Woods, Sabrina, and Miss Tiffany through the portal using her travel certificate, while Silver Moon Elf nobles were denied passage.
• Commander Baldwin refused to let the nobles leave and told Officer Cardiff to make them wait for a reply from Commander Swynborne.
• Roy’s group returned to Pattington Island and boarded the sailboat to Castleton City.
• Roy sat atop the Ship Building looking toward Parraram Island, and Klayr brought him the music he had composed.

Abbott and Benjamin continued hiding in the mountains while searching for the treasure, and Jones proposed that the Slave Traders join the Half-Elf Rebel Army to escape the Pattington Plane. Back in Castleton City, Roy resumed his studies and training as the political situation shifted, with Earl Swynborne taking control of Baron Alvis's territory.

• Abbott questioned whether he had been searching the wrong sea for the treasure after months of studying nautical charts, and Benjamin suggested it might not be in the Endless Sea.
• Jones urged the Slave Traders to join the Half-Elf Rebel Army, arguing that the elves would eventually appease the Half-Elves rather than fight them.
• Roy returned home, learned from Moira that his Light Flowers aboard the Black Pearl were thriving, and settled back into his routine in Castleton City.
• Woods told Roy that his uncle Dickey had reported the Rebel Army had grown to nearly thirty thousand members and that many wanted to attack Padesto City again; Roy assured him the battle would not happen.
• Sabrina advanced to first-rank Sword Dancer, chose Dance of Morale, and continued training while Roy prepared for his final assessments.
• A report announced that the Seventeenth Silver Pegasus Legion would maintain order on the Pattington Plane and Earl Swynborne would take over Baron Alvis's territory, making him the biggest winner in the affair.

Instructor Nora and the Adventure Group considered destinations for their holiday adventure before Earl Swynborne asked them to guide a negotiation team to the Pattington Plane and identify slave traders among the rebels. Nora tentatively agreed, and the group was left planning to meet the team in Padesto City.

• Instructor Nora introduced four possible planes for the Adventure Group's holiday, and the members discussed their hazards and attractions.
• Silver Moon Elf Officer Adonis arrived and told the group that Earl Swynborne wanted to see them.
• Earl Swynborne asked the Adventure Group to guide a negotiation team to the Griffon Bulwark Mountain Range and help identify slave traders hiding among the Half-Elf rebels.
• Instructor Nora tentatively accepted the request after consulting the other instructors, but said she could not guarantee that every member would go.
• Earl Swynborne told the group to await his notice, and Instructor Nora suggested they might set out early and meet the team in Padesto City.

Roy learned from High Priest Reed that his Holy Light had shown signs of advancement, then unexpectedly became a Priest while sparring with Moira. He tested his new strength and awareness in battle, leaving him stronger and better able to follow Moira’s movements.

• Roy passed his term assessments and returned to Brown Street with Sabrina, while Earl Swynborne warned Christine about developing feelings for a Half-Elf and promised to support her if she chose to pursue them.
• Roy told High Priest Reed that the Sacred Sapling had stopped absorbing Holy Light, and Reed advised him to wait for a chance to advance while continuing to study divine magic.
• Roy carried two buckets of holy water home from the temple and prepared to bathe in it, but Moira arrived and challenged him to spar.
• During their sparring match, Roy’s Sacred Sapling grew into a Holy Light Tree, and Roy realized he had advanced into a Priest.
• Roy fought Moira again, successfully tracking and blocking her attacks, then found that his physical abilities and spiritual power had improved and that Strength Blessing had grown stronger.

Roy advanced to become a Priest by absorbing Divine Light Particles and told High Priest Reed that he had found his own way to gain Holy Light Power. Reed gave him a choice of Holy Prayers, and Roy left with the Hammer of Judgment Book, eager to learn more hammer divine arts.

• Roy advanced to become a Priest during his spar with Moira, and his senses and physical abilities improved.
• Roy ran to the Goddess of Freedom Temple and showed High Priest Reed his solid Divine Light Flame.
• Roy told High Priest Reed that he had advanced by absorbing Divine Light Particles, and Reed explained why Roy followed a different path from other Priests.
• High Priest Reed showed Roy four Holy Prayers, and Roy chose the Hammer of Judgment Book.
• Roy modified the book's chain to wear it on his wrist and discovered that it could summon a war hammer when infused with Holy Light.

The Adventure Group returned to the Pattington Plane, where Nancy assessed its young members and warned Instructor Nora that Woods could become dangerously violent in battle. After Roy’s recent advancement to priesthood, his heightened perception and unusual ability to advance set him apart from other priests.

• Instructor Nora took Woods to join the Adventurers Guild before leading the Adventure Group by sea to Pattington Island.
• Moira told Tiffany she wanted to become a Sword Dancer, while Tiffany questioned whether that path suited her and would help her join the Adventure Group.
• At Nancy’s inn, Nancy praised the young members, warned Nora to watch Woods in battle, and identified Roy’s ability to advance despite the Goddess of Freedom Temple’s stalled priests as unusual.
• The Adventure Group entered the Pattington Plane with passes bearing Earl Swynborne’s seal and traveled to Padesto City.
• Roy noticed that his new priestly power had sharpened his perception, and Instructor Nora advised him to consolidate his strength and develop his own momentum.
• The innkeeper told Nora that the Free Market had closed and that an Underground Market had appeared in Padesto City.

Roy trained with Instructor Nora and Sabrina in Padesto City while Woods searched for his uncle, then the Adventure Group joined the Negotiation Team’s Guard Squad. The team prepared to leave for the Griffon Bulwark Mountain Range the next morning, though Roy had yet to meet its important members.

• Instructor Nora put Roy through endurance runs and combat drills while Sabrina sparred with her, showing stronger offense than defense.
• Woods searched Padesto City for signs of his elders but found only a vague symbol, and Roy tried to reassure him about his uncle.
• Elf Officers visited Miss Christine at the inn until the Negotiation Team from Buenos City arrived in Padesto.
• Instructor Nora presented the Adventure Group’s appointment letter to Captain Terrence, who assigned all nine members to the Negotiation Team’s Guard Squad.
• Captain Terrence told the group the Negotiation Team would depart for the Griffon Bulwark Mountain Range the following morning.