Chapter Summaries

Roy suggested that Ms. Belinda carve a hidden, hollow sphere inside a stone cube, then attended the trial of Relf and Yudora as a witness. The court sentenced Relf to three hundred years in prison and Yudora to labor in an underground mine until her death.

• Roy showed Ms. Belinda a sketch and proposed that she carve a hollow sphere enclosed inside a stone cube.
• Scarlett invited Roy and the instructors to visit Despair Ruins during the holiday, while Instructor Eleanor warned against it.
• Captain Simpson told Roy he had reported the case to Princess Ophelia and urged him to speak freely at the trial.
• The presiding judge recounted Relf and Yudora's crimes, and Roy and Captain Simpson testified about their return to Castleton Port.
• The Arbitration Committee sentenced Relf to three hundred years in Parrham Island Prison and Yudora to mine Magic Crystals in Eternal Night Forest until she died.

Roy returned to the temple after Captain Relf was sentenced and tried to bring Abbott and Jasper together over dinner aboard the Black Pearl. Abbott stormed out when Roy said Jasper would not hand over his half of the Treasure Map, leaving Roy and Jasper to spend the evening alone.

• Roy decided not to question Captain Relf about the Treasure Map and watched Instructor Nora leave with her friends.
• On the Long Carriage, Roy recognized a passenger whose back and eyes suggested he was Benjamin the Mage in disguise, but the carriage had already carried him too far to catch up.
• Roy found Jasper praying at the temple gatehouse and invited him to join Roy and Abbott for an evening gathering aboard the Black Pearl.
• Roy visited Abbott in the Study Room and said Jasper wanted to wait before sharing the Treasure Map; Abbott angrily gathered his sea charts and left.
• Roy and Jasper ate grilled fish and drank aboard the Black Pearl, while Jasper insisted on giving Abbott a few more days to calm down.

Moira mastered the Dance of Radiance and overwhelmed Roy in a spar until Sabrina intervened. Roy later met Princess Ophelia in class and went with Edith to collect his finished Thick Leather Armor.

• Moira performed the Dance of Radiance for Roy, then used her sharpened sword skills to drive him across the terrace in a spar.
• Sabrina blocked Moira's final strike with a Heavy Sword and joined Roy and Moira for fruit tea.
• Roy said he would ask about the Dance of Radiance's Breath Method and considered visiting Ellington Castle to report to Countess Amelia and ask about the Magic Crystal.
• Princess Ophelia stopped Roy after Modern Elf History and thanked him for helping Gray Dwarf Relf.
• Roy and Edith visited Jerome Master to collect Roy's completed Thick Leather Armor, and Edith told Roy to try it on.

Roy received custom Thick Leather Armor with Disguise Art and learned that its enchantments depended on his magic carrying capacity. During the test at the Magic Guild, the Holy Light Sapling inside him began devouring the magic power flowing into his body.

• Jerome Master showed Roy how the Thick Leather Armor disguised itself as nearby surfaces and explained its durability, enchantment limits, and recommended inscription locations.
• Roy paid three thousand Kole for the armor, and Jerome Master gave him a pair of Thick Leather Gloves for free.
• Edith explained that Roy needed a carrying-capacity test at the Magic Guild to determine what magic could be inscribed onto the armor.
• Roy went to the Magic Guild, paid one hundred Kole, and began the test with a Mithril Box and graduated Magic Crystal.
• As the test increased the magic power flowing into Roy, his Holy Light Sapling began devouring it.

Roy discovered that his magic capacity was exceptionally high, then visited an Inscription Workshop to learn about Magic Inscription Constructs. After seeing their prices and receiving Scarlett’s advice, he left considering which enhancements suited him while deciding he wanted them all.

• Roy’s capacity test reached a reading of about 143, and he ended the test before the elf mage could discover the true limit.
• Roy visited an Inscription Workshop and learned that even a basic Stone Skin construct cost 20 Magic Crystal Stones.
• Magician Scarlett recognized Roy and guided him through more expensive constructs, including Iron Armor and Spirit Gathering.
• Scarlett advised Roy to choose constructs that suited his needs, and Roy considered options for his Thick Leather Armor.
• Roy left the workshop thinking that, as an adult, he would choose every Magic Inscription Construct.

Roy returned to Ellington Castle and spent the night telling Countess Amelia about recent events in Castleton City. After hearing about Madam Yidula, Amelia withdrew in distress, but later gave Roy a guide to the Dance of Radiance Breath Method for Moira and asked him to visit again.

• Roy arrived at Ellington Castle, set up camp, and waited until Countess Amelia appeared beside his fire.
• Roy told Amelia about the trials and unrest in Castleton City, including Madam Yidula's sentence to mine Magic Crystals near Neuhaus City.
• Amelia reacted intensely to hearing Madam Yidula's name and asked Roy what Yidula looked like before withdrawing to a ruined watchtower.
• Roy told Amelia that Moira had learned the Dance of Radiance from the Magic Crystal he lent her, and Amelia approved of his sharing it.
• Amelia gave Roy a book explaining the Dance of Radiance Breath Method for Moira and asked him to return with news from Castleton City.

Roy returned to Castleton City, gave Moira the Dance of Radiance Breath Method notes, and presented Belinda with the Linglong Ball she had carved. Meanwhile, Benjamin persuaded Abbott to help him travel to Parraram Island so he could seek information about the treasure and reach the imprisoned Golden Tangerine sailors.

• Roy returned to Castleton City and found that Belinda had finished carving the Green Jade Linglong Ball, which he gave her to keep and inspire her to make a more elaborate version.
• Roy gave Moira the Detailed Notes on the Dance of Radiance Breath Method, and Moira showed them to Sabrina, who urged her to work toward becoming a First Rank Warrior.
• Benjamin advised Abbott to keep pursuing the other half of the sea chart while he planned to visit Parraram Island and question the Gray Dwarf Relf.
• Abbott agreed to buy Benjamin a ticket for the Supply Ship departing the next day, unaware that Benjamin planned to use his identity to enter Parrham Island Prison and meet the Golden Tangerine sailors.

Roy considered how to earn enough money for a Magic Inscription Construct and heard the story of Bernice, a Silver Pegasus swordswoman who died after the war ended. The chapter left Bernice’s lovers’ fate recounted as a legend of two sprites seeking reincarnation together.

• Mage Benjamin bought a ticket to Parraram Island, and Abbott told him to bring supplies and reserve a room.
• Roy and Sabrina rode a Long Carriage that jolted, causing Roy to fall into Sabrina’s arms.
• Roy asked Klayr how to earn money quickly, and Klayr suggested joining Instructor Nora’s Adventure Group to hunt magic beasts.
• Instructor Nora had Roy train with his shield strapped to his arm, while Klayr sought to join her Adventure Group.
• Princess Ophelia taught the Defense of Castleton Harbour and told how Bernice fought the Naga Sea Clan after her lover died, then leapt into the sea after peace was declared.

Roy accepted Edith's invitation to a weekend boat outing and later brought Klayr to the Black Pearl, where he hummed a melody that Klayr still could not hear as the voice of nature. The chapter left Klayr asking Roy to hum it again so he could write it down.

• Edith invited Roy and Klayr to join an Elf Academy gathering at sea that weekend, and Roy agreed.
• Roy told Klayr about the invitation, and Klayr encouraged him to attend more gatherings and agreed to listen for nature's music with him that night.
• Roy and Jasper finished cleaning the Goddess of Freedom Temple, bought food and drinks, and met Klayr at the harbour.
• Jasper explained how he and the others had salvaged and repaired the Black Pearl, while he continued to wait for news from Miss Tiffany.
• Roy hummed "Butterfly Lovers" and sent two balls of Divine Light toward the Seaside Castle, but Klayr could not hear the melody and asked Roy to repeat it.

Benjamin the Mage returned to Castleton Harbour Pier after failing to meet Relf the Gray Dwarf, while Roy and Klayr boarded Edith’s ship, the Nautilus, for a sea gathering. The Nautilus departed, and Roy and Klayr settled into their cabin as Klayr fell asleep.

• Benjamin the Mage disembarked at Castleton Harbour Pier and spotted the lavish Nautilus before withdrawing his gaze when Silver Moon Elf nobles appeared.
• Edith waited for Roy and Klayr to arrive, and their carriage raced to the pier as Klayr asked Roy to name his newly finished piece.
• Roy recognized Benjamin the Mage near the pier, then boarded the Nautilus with Klayr as the ship prepared to sail.
• Edith and Phyllis showed Roy and Klayr to their cabin, where Klayr chose to share with Roy and then fell asleep.
• A waiter brought Roy tea and pastries at Edith’s request.

Roy attended Edith's Sea Dance aboard the Nautilus, where the Silver Moon Elves' cold treatment left him isolated until Edith invited him to dance. After the dance, Roy ate fruit alone until Klayr joined him and asked why Roy had not called him earlier.

• Roy left the cabin to enjoy the sea breeze and met Bertha and Theresa on the Nautilus's observation deck as the ship sailed toward the Outer Sea.
• The Nautilus anchored in the Outer Sea at sunset, and Edith's attendants prepared the deck for the dance.
• Roy found the Silver Moon Elves' looks and behavior unpleasant and retreated to the top of the Ship Building to watch dolphins.
• Edith noticed Roy alone, encouraged him, and pulled him onto the Dance Floor for a dance.
• After Edith left to mingle, the elves who approached Roy lost interest when they learned he had no status, so Roy went to the fruit table by himself.
• Klayr emerged in formal wear, found Roy, and joined him in eating fruit while asking why Roy had not called him to the dance.

At a ball aboard the Nautilus, Klayr played “Blue Da Nei River” and claimed that Roy had helped compose it. When Yoram.Hayel challenged Klayr to prove he could create another good piece aboard the ship, Klayr accepted a high-stakes bet for Roy’s sake.

• Klayr introduced Roy to Martina and Sherry, and Sherry linked arms with Roy while Martina became Klayr’s date.
• Klayr played “Blue Da Nei River” for the elves aboard the Nautilus and said Roy had helped compose it at the Da Nei River camp.
• Yoram.Hayel argued that one song did not make Klayr Castleton City’s finest composer.
• Klayr told Roy that Yoram.Hayel’s family owned a major Magic Inscription Construct shop and proposed a bet.
• Yoram.Hayel demanded the right to perform “Blue Da Nei River” and forbid Klayr from performing it publicly if Klayr lost; Klayr accepted and staked a “Spirit Gathering” Magic Inscription Construct if Yoram.Hayel lost.

Klayr wrote and performed a piece in memory of Lady Bernice, winning his wager with Yoram.Hayel and earning an IOU for a beginner-level Magic Inscription Construct. Afterward, Roy told Klayr the piece would have sounded better on a violin than an organ.

• Klayr wagered with Yoram.Hayel that he could compose a piece aboard the Nautilus for the price of one beginner-level Magic Inscription Construct.
• While Klayr wrote the score, the organ player Hayeier tried the first passages and was captivated by the melody.
• Edith reminded Roy to test the carrying capacity of his thick leather armor before embedding the Mental Focus inscription.
• Klayr performed his new piece, dedicated to Lady Bernice, and the Silver Moon Elves applauded as Hayeier glared at him.
• Klayr gave Yoram.Hayel an IOU for the Magic Inscription Construct and celebrated with Martina and Roy.
• Roy told Klayr that the piece would sound better on a violin, leaving Klayr to wonder why he had not said so earlier.

After the dance, Roy and the elves spent the evening aboard the Nautilus before it sailed to a reef, and Roy returned to his cabin to sleep. He awoke from a nightmare in which the Holy Light Sapling pulled him out of living mud.

• Klayr named his new piece "Bernice" and told the Silver Moon Elves how he and Roy had heard its melody by the sea.
• Klayr danced with Martina, while Roy danced with Sherry as the elves celebrated.
• Martina and Sherry persuaded Klayr and Roy to go to the Ship Building's viewing platform, where the Nautilus later raised sail and stopped near a reef.
• Roy escorted Sherry to her corridor, then returned to the cabin, where Klayr had spent the evening revising his score.
• Roy fell asleep restlessly and dreamed that the Holy Light Sapling pulled him from mud before he jolted awake.

Roy woke Klayr from a nightmare and realized the Nautilus had grown unnaturally quiet and dark. They found the elf attendant and the watch crew trapped in deep sleep, then headed onto the deck to investigate.

• Roy woke Klayr by splashing water on him, and Klayr described a nightmare in which Roy chased him through a blood-covered, empty auditorium.
• Roy noticed his Divine Light tremble and warned Klayr that something was wrong because the ship was unusually quiet.
• Roy and Klayr put on their armor and found the corridor’s Moonstone Magic Lamps dark and the elf attendant unresponsive.
• Klayr’s water failed to wake the elf attendant, but Roy sprinkled him with water infused with Holy Light Power and roused him.
• Roy and Klayr went onto the deck, where they found the Nautilus dark and the watch crew asleep, including a sailor hanging dangerously over the lookout platform railing.

Roy and Klayr fought a growing horde of Water Ghosts aboard the Nautilus, using Holy Light and teamwork to hold them back. Edith, the awakened crew, and the Captain joined the battle, and the elves drove the Water Ghosts from the ship while Roy's Holy Light Sapling absorbed their soul power.

• Roy and Klayr killed the first Water Ghosts that climbed aboard the Nautilus, then ordered sailors to wake the crew with water infused with Holy Light.
• More than a dozen Water Ghosts swarmed the deck, forcing Roy and Klayr to retreat toward the Ship Building as elves were killed.
• Roy cast Purification, dissolving several Water Ghosts and absorbing their faint soul power through the Holy Light Sapling.
• A horde overwhelmed Roy and Klayr near the Ship Building until Edith and an Elf Warrior emerged and joined the fight.
• The Captain and awakened sailors reinforced the elves, who drove the Water Ghosts off the Nautilus, while Roy rested and recovered Holy Light Power.

Edith and the Nautilus crew fought off a vast horde of Water Ghosts while waiting for sunrise, which the Captain said would drive them back to the seabed. When Xiu surfaced asking Roy for help, Roy jumped into the sea and Xiu carried him toward a reef strewn with Water Ghost corpses.

• Edith questioned the Captain about the Water Ghosts, learned six crewmen had died and the ship could not sail, then organized the elves to defend the deck until dawn.
• Edith thanked Roy and Klayr for discovering the attack as the elves held their positions and Phyllis directed a counterattack with ice magic.
• Roy and Klayr fought their way toward the stern, where fewer Water Ghosts were boarding, and Bertha shot a Water Ghost that was about to bite Roy.
• Xiu emerged from the sea, asked Roy for help, and leaped back into the water; Roy told Klayr to stay aboard and jumped after him.
• Xiu pulled Roy beneath the crowded waters and brought him to a black reef surrounded by Water Ghost corpses.

Roy helped Xiu and the Naga Sea Clan stop the Water Ghost attacks by cutting down the Nightmare Vine on a reef island. He returned safely to the Nautilus with pieces of the vine, which Klayr identified as Nightmare Vine.

• Roy used holy-light-infused water to wake Naga Sea Clan members trapped in nightmares as he and Xiu crossed the reef island.
• Roy healed Xiu after the vine's mental assault made him bleed from his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears.
• Roy and Xiu chopped through the thorny vines, causing the Water Ghosts to retreat and the Black Mist to disperse.
• Xiu gave Roy two bundles of vines and helped him return to the Nautilus, where the sailors hauled him aboard.
• Klayr recognized a piece Roy took from his Magic Pouch as Nightmare Vine.

Roy and the Nautilus crew survived the Nightmare Vine’s attack and returned to Castleton, where Roy learned that Jasper had been murdered and Abbott was the prime suspect. The search found no sign of Abbott aboard the Black Pearl, leaving Roy and High Priest Reed without answers.

• Klayr identified the flowering Nightmare Vine as the source of the crew’s nightmares, and Edith concluded that it had used Water Ghosts to attack the Nautilus.
• The Nautilus returned safely to Castleton Harbour, and Roy said goodbye to Klayr before going to the Goddess of Freedom Temple.
• Roy found Jasper dead in a coffin, and an Elf Ranger told him Jasper had been secretly killed in his dormitory.
• The Elf Ranger named Abbott as a prime suspect and searched the Black Pearl with Roy, but found no trace of him.
• Roy returned to the quiet temple, where High Priest Reed sat beside the pool with a bitter smile.

Roy attended Jasper’s funeral, then returned to Elf Academy, where he told Klayr about Jasper’s murder and tried to keep a low profile. Roy and Klayr went to Hayeier’s Inscription Workshop, where they encountered Hayeier looking grim.

• High Priest Reed reflected on the temple’s recent failures as he and Roy rode with Jasper’s coffin to the West Suburb Graveyard.
• Roy and High Priest Reed buried Jasper, and Roy secretly buried the Golden Key beneath the cypress tree by the grave.
• Roy went to Elf Academy and met Klayr, who had become celebrated for saving the Nautilus from Water Ghosts.
• Roy told Klayr that Jasper had been murdered and that the killer remained unknown.
• Instructor Nora heard how Roy had awakened Klayr during the Nightmare Vine attack and praised Roy.
• Roy and Klayr entered Hayeier’s Inscription Workshop, where Hayeier emerged looking grim.