Chapter Summaries

Aurora, chief of the Wind Fae and master of the Grand Cathedral, was startled to find Samael among the visitors and eagerly agreed to Morgan’s request. She promised to spread word of an auction meant to draw out Fawor, the Earth Clan Chief.

• An attendant told Aurora that three noble-looking humans had arrived, and she hurried to meet them.
• Aurora recognized Samael and tried to flee, but he stopped her and led her into the room.
• Aurora nervously promised to help Samael and Morgan, while Morgan learned that Aurora and Samael already knew each other.
• Morgan explained that they wanted to hold an auction at the Grand Cathedral to lure Fawor into showing himself.
• Aurora agreed to spread the news throughout the Nameless Forest and mocked the Earth Fae for their lack of appreciation for art.

Aurora agreed to lure Fawor to the auction with the Star-Forged Holy Sword, while Samael and the others waited at the Grand Cathedral. After a playful afternoon with the Fae Maidens and Barghest, Samael noticed Morgan acting distant and confronted someone hiding in the garden.

• Aurora accepted the Star-Forged Holy Sword and named it the Steel-Cutting Sword for the auction’s grand finale, then sent informants to spread the news through the Nameless Forest.
• Habetrotrot showed Freya her new gown designs, and Bavangshi criticized the outfits before admitting that she wished the prettiest dress were for her.
• Bavangshi challenged Samael to join her somewhere dark and exciting, but she panicked and ran when he teased her about what they might do.
• Barghest snatched the meat Samael was using to lure her, so he threatened her with a basin of mashed potatoes for dinner.
• Samael offered Barghest to Morgan, but Morgan declined and walked away, leaving him wondering why she seemed absent-minded.
• Samael heard someone in the garden and ordered them to come out.

Samael revealed that he had made Aurora obedient by forcing her to endure a horrifying illusion, leaving Melly shaken by his cruelty. In exchange for the secret, Melly was supposed to tell him what Morgan was thinking, but she hesitated under his scrutiny.

• Melly tried to coax Samael into revealing what he had done to Aurora, offering increasingly provocative favors in exchange.
• Samael rejected Melly’s advances and demanded she perform an impossible handstand while washing his hair.
• Melly offered to reveal what was on Morgan’s mind, and Samael agreed to trade secrets with her.
• Samael explained that an illusion had made Aurora see herself transformed into a grotesque creature surrounded by mirrors.
• Melly was horrified by the illusion and began to fear Samael, then froze when he demanded to hear what Morgan was thinking.

Samael and Melly sneaked into Morgan’s room at night to enter her dream, where they found her fleeing pursuers in a forest. Morgan fought off the knights with summoned Earth Guardians, but after exhausting her magic and healing her broken leg, she was left trapped and near collapse as the pursuers closed in.

• Samael and Melly abandoned their daytime plan and sneaked past the warning spells into Morgan’s bedroom at night.
• Melly and Samael entered Morgan’s dream and saw her being chased through a forest by black-cloaked knights seeking King Uther’s daughter.
• Morgan summoned Earth Guardians, which smashed through the knights and forced the survivors to retreat beyond the guardians’ limited range.
• The retreating knights kept firing arrows, while Morgan used the guardians to escape their line of fire and move her injured body beneath a tree.
• Morgan aligned and healed her fractured leg with her remaining magic, causing the Earth Guardians to collapse and leaving her exhausted and surrounded by approaching pursuers.

Morgan survived the dangers of her exile but was repeatedly rejected and hunted as she sought support to reclaim her father’s throne. After learning that Artoria had become King of Britain, Morgan’s dream revealed how Uther and Merlin had used her as a decoy; Samael and Melly softened her nightmare, and she awoke smiling.

• Morgan escaped the forest and set out to win support from the southern lords, but Sir Ector, the Duke of Oxford, and her uncle in Darlington refused or threatened her.
• After enduring years of pursuit and hardship, Morgan reached Orkney and gained power, only to hear that Artoria had drawn the Sword of Selection and been crowned King of Britain.
• Samael and Melly emerged from Morgan’s dream, and Samael realized that Uther and Merlin had exposed Morgan to danger to protect Artoria’s rise.
• Samael asked Melly to give Morgan a good dream, and they sent warmth into the nightmare as Morgan faced her pursuers.
• A hooded figure with a golden-blue longsword rescued Morgan in the dream and invited her to come with him.
• Morgan awoke at dawn with her brow relaxed and a smile on her face.

Samael, Morgan, and Melly staged an auction of the Fae Holy Sword to draw out the Earth Clan Chief. The sword’s authenticity sparked a bidding war, and Melly’s final bid prevented the Earth Clan Chief from winning it.

• Freya made breakfast while Habetrotrot, Bavangshi, Barghest, and Melly crowded around her for food, and Morgan noticed the fae getting along like a family.
• A Wind Fae messenger announced that the Six Clans had gathered at the Grand Cathedral for the auction, so Morgan, Samael, and Melly headed there.
• Aurora presented the Fae Holy Sword as the auction’s final item, while planted Wind Fae questioned whether it was genuine.
• Samael drew the sword from its pedestal, proving its authenticity and triggering a fierce bidding war among the fae.
• Melly bid 15 billion QP, prompting the Earth Clan Chief to offer 10 billion QP and several mines, while Morgan slipped away.
• Aurora neared the end of the bidding as the Earth Clan Chief’s offer was valued at 18 billion, but Melly raised it to 20 billion and shut him out.

Samael forced Fawor to cooperate by letting him inspect the holy sword for one day, and Morgan and Melly located his hidden workshop. The next morning, Samael led the group to the workshop with Barghest, hinting that she would be important to what they found there.

• Melly captured Fawor after he tried to rob her of the holy sword, and Samael threatened him into signing a contract to inspect it for one day.
• Aurora emerged from beneath the table and gratefully accepted Samael’s promise that she could remain a popular fae in the Nameless Forest.
• Morgan and Melly reported that Fawor had built a smelting workshop beneath a residence near the Grand Cathedral, and Samael assured them the holy sword would be safe with him.
• Samael recommended a hot spring bathhouse, and Melly, Morgan, and the other women went there together.
• The next morning, Samael, Morgan, Melly, and Barghest headed to Fawor’s workshop, where Barghest sensed the sword’s aura.

Samael, Morgan, and Melly exposed Favor Viser’s poisoned tea and recovered the holy sword he had hidden. After Favor attacked them and succumbed to madness, Samael called Barghest to deal with him.

• Favor Viser apologized to the visitors and urged them to drink tea, but Morgan, Samael, and Melly refused.
• Melly spilled her tea, revealing that it was poisonous, and Samael recognized the fairies’ reputation as Crown Poison Masters.
• Samael used his power to retrieve the holy sword from Favor’s hiding place.
• Favor charged Samael with a hammer, but Samael struck him into a wall while Morgan and Melly sealed the fight inside the workshop.
• Favor’s obsession with the sword drove him mad, and Samael called Barghest over to devour him.

After Barghest devoured Favour and gained his abilities, her appetite and size increased dramatically, and she began calling Samael and Morgan her parents. Morgan shut down the resulting marriage argument and assigned lessons, while Samael invited her to meet someone, hinting at their next destination.

• Barghest ate an enormous feast, and Samael explained that her appetite likely came from absorbing Favour’s ability.
• Barghest called Samael and Morgan her parents and claimed they had raised her, then said she remembered them sleeping together.
• Bavangshi opposed Samael marrying Morgan, while Habetrotrot offered to make a wedding dress and Melly volunteered to scatter flowers.
• Morgan silenced the group, ordered Bavangshi to write Ogham Script and Barghest to learn weaving, and sent the others scattering.
• Samael invited Morgan to meet someone and hinted at their destination by spinning the teacup Favour had given him.

Samael tested Aurora over the poison sold to Fawol, and her panicked reaction exposed her involvement. After Morgan and Melly used illusions to make her confess, Samael sentenced Aurora to The Black Room for knowing about Fawol’s plan and failing to report it.

• Samael visited Aurora at the Grand Cathedral and offered her tea while probing her about the Wind Fae’s poisons.
• Aurora panicked and tried to flee, but Melly and Morgan restrained her with a spatial formation.
• Samael ordered Morgan and Melly to use illusions on Aurora, and she endured their horrific visions before confessing.
• Melly and Morgan revealed that Fawol had bought the poison from the Grand Cathedral and that Aurora had secretly sold the Wind Clan’s prized creation to him.
• Samael declared Aurora guilty of knowing about the plan without reporting it and ordered Morgan and Melly to take her to The Black Room.

Samael bound Aurora with a GEASS and ordered her to stop causing trouble in the Nameless Forest, then gave her a booklet of fashion and entertainment ideas to occupy her. With Aurora subdued, he prepared to leave with Morgan and Melly for Darlington and focus on Camelot.

• Samael branded Aurora with a GEASS that bound her life and made resistance dangerous.
• Aurora promised to deal with Favour and stop auctioning humans, while Samael allowed her to keep those who wanted to stay in the Nameless Forest.
• Samael gave Aurora a booklet of fashion, games, and entertainment ideas, which enthralled her.
• Samael ordered Aurora to behave and prevent major chaos in the Nameless Forest, then watched her leave.
• Samael decided the GEASS and booklet would keep Aurora occupied for centuries and turned to call Morgan and Melly before setting out for Darlington.

Freya made pudding for Samael, then learned he was leaving the Nameless Forest with the others and feared he would never return. Samael stopped her from Mossification, reassured her that she could come along, and Freya went to pack.

• Freya made pudding for Samael and refused to let Habetrotrot taste it before delivering it.
• Freya found Samael packing and learned that he and Bavangshi, Barghest, and Habetrotrot were leaving the Nameless Forest.
• When Samael said he would probably never return, Freya began Mossification and reached for a dining knife, but dropped it before harming him.
• Samael comforted Freya and told her that they would take her with them.
• Freya went to pack her luggage, and Samael tasted her pudding before leaving the room.

Darlington faced destruction as the undead horde breached its defenses, but a sorceress and her companions turned the battle around. Samael watched from a carriage roof, pleased that he could finally slack off.

• The Darlington commander struggled to hold the fortress for seven days as the undead contaminated the city and overwhelmed its defenders.
• A massive rolling pile of corpses smashed into the city wall, and three more began gathering for another attack.
• A silver-haired, violet-eyed sorceress appeared, transformed the approaching corpse piles into petals, and leaped into the horde to fight.
• Crimson Flowers of Cursed Calamity drained Death Qi from the undead, while magical attacks blasted apart the remaining corpse hordes.
• Caterpillar-like magical creatures scattered and turned into moths, but red-black phantom hounds crushed them and burned them to ash.
• Samael lay on a carriage roof, watched the battle, and relaxed because he could finally slack off.

The Salvation Squad finished cleansing Britain’s southern disasters and traced their source to the Swamp Dragon Remains in the north. After Barghest defeated a flock of wyverns, Samael ordered the group to eat and rest before continuing.

• The Salvation Squad’s efforts restored the southern region, and survivors began calling its mysterious members the Fae Knights.
• Samael, Morgan, Melly, and their companions arrived at the Swamp Dragon Remains, where Morgan sensed a strange call from within.
• Dozens of wyverns attacked the group’s carriage, and Barghest swept them from the sky with her flaming sword.
• Barghest chased and finished off the wounded wyverns until Samael told her to stop so they could save the meat for a meal.
• Samael decided the squad would eat and recover before proceeding, and Barghest eagerly went to gather firewood.

Samael and his companions discovered that the Swamp Dragon Remains was breeding Dragon Beasts from flesh shed by a colossal dragon skeleton, and Morgan recognized the remains as the legendary Dragon of Albion. As Morgan led the group toward the skeleton after sensing something inside it, Samael suspected the dragon was the calamity he had killed during the War of the Holy Covenant.

• Barghest cleared the way through the swamp with Caladbolg while Samael recalled how he and his companions had taken treasures from the Grand Cathedral.
• Bavangshi dispersed the mist, revealing a swamp full of proliferating flesh masses that gave birth to juvenile Dragon Beasts, which the group quickly killed.
• Morgan began destroying the embryos, warning that the Dragon Beasts could overrun the northern realm if they spread.
• Habetrotrot spotted enormous bones in the marsh, and Samael identified them as a half-decayed dragon skeleton whose flesh was spawning the degraded dragon species.
• Morgan explained the legend of the Dragon of Albion, and Samael suspected the remains belonged to the giant dragon he had killed in the War of the Holy Covenant.
• Morgan sensed something inside the Dragon Remains and led the group across the water toward the skeleton.

Samael, Morgan, and their companions explored the dragon remains and discovered that the spirit tomb had formed from the corpse of the poisonous dragon Hogniðr. In its central chamber, they confronted Vortigern, who offered Morgan an alliance before preparing to attack when she refused.

• Morgan led Samael and the others through the barrier protecting the dragon remains, where they encountered undead, Cursed Bodies, and dragon-kind.
• Samael recognized a rune on a corroded battle axe fragment and realized the remains belonged to Hogniðr, whose corpse had spawned degraded dragons and formed a spirit tomb.
• The group entered the central chamber and found Vortigern seated on a decayed jade throne.
• Vortigern praised Morgan and offered to help her take revenge on Uther and remake Britain, but Morgan rejected his offer and condemned him as a traitor.
• Vortigern formed a massive Demon Dragon shell and declared that Morgan and her companions would remain in the chamber.

Morgan, Melly, and the Holy Sword Wielder of the Stars joined forces to defeat Vortigern’s Demon Dragon. With Vortigern near death, Morgan explained why she accepted humanity’s rule over the surface, and Samael approved of her changed view.

• Morgan trapped Vortigern with her composite magecraft, but his Magic Resistance let him break free and launch a devastating Dragon Flame attack.
• Melly turned Vortigern’s cursed fire into cherry-pink petals, giving the Holy Sword Wielder of the Stars time to strike with Excalibur.
• Excalibur pierced Vortigern’s heart, causing his manifested Demon Dragon body to collapse.
• After the black mist dissipated, the mortally wounded Vortigern demanded to know why Morgan resisted the rule of stronger beings over humanity.
• Morgan said the age of the fae, giants, and dragonkind had passed and that humanity was a more suitable ruler of the surface, while Samael nodded approvingly.

After Vortigern gave Morgan Britain’s Mystery and died, Morgan rejected his wish for her to continue his revenge. The dragon bones collapsed, Morgan named a newborn girl Merlutsyn, and Britain celebrated the end of its wars and calamities.

• Vortigern tore out and shattered the Dragon Jewel, transferring Britain’s Mystery to Morgan before cursing her to finish his revenge and crumbling away.
• Samael carried Morgan out of the collapsing dragon-bone tomb as floodwaters swallowed Vortigern and the throne.
• Morgan concluded that Vortigern had arranged his defeat to crown her, but resolved never to become like him.
• Samael found a white-haired girl born from the Dragon Jewel’s fragments, and Morgan named her Merlutsyn.
• The Wild Hunt army and the King of Storms vanished, and Britain later celebrated the end of the dynastic wars, the Saxon threat, and the four great calamities.

The King of Knights and the Knights of the Round Table returned to Camelot to a jubilant welcome, while Morgan watched from the sidelines and traded insults with Melly. Samael took the children to a quiet grassy field and approached an ancient stone platform with a sword-shaped indentation.

• The King of Knights led the returning army into Camelot as citizens cheered for the Knights of the Round Table.
• Morgan watched the celebration and recalled Vortigern's words about the distance between a king and the people.
• Morgan asked Melly where Samael was, then chased Melly through the crowd after she teased her.
• Samael took the children to a grassy field, gave them snacks, and examined an ancient stone platform with a sword-shaped indentation.

Samael told the children why the Sword in the Stone and the ideal kingdom it promised might lead to disappointment, then mocked King Uther and Merlin for entrusting their grand plan to a child. A handsome young man caught him slandering them and demanded ten silver coins for his silence.

• Barghest asked Samael about the Sword in the Stone, and he explained its prophecy while telling the children the legend.
• Samael warned Barghest that a perfect ruler or kingdom could become a target for criticism and fail under the weight of expectations.
• Samael questioned why King Uther and Merlin had relied on a child to create their ideal kingdom, comparing them to birds that left their hopes to the next generation.
• Samael mocked King Uther and Merlin until a handsome young man emerged and accused him of slandering the Grand Magus and the former king.
• The young man offered to forget Samael's insults in exchange for ten silver coins and a drink.