Chapter Summaries

While they spent time alone in the forest cabin, Rhode noticed mana damage in Serie’s hair and insisted on washing it himself. The chapter ended with Serie relaxing under his careful massage as he washed her hair.

• Rhode noticed that Serie’s golden hair had dulled and suffered minor mana burns.
• Serie tried to use a cleaning spell, but Rhode stopped her and offered to wash her hair instead.
• Serie reluctantly agreed and followed Rhode to a pool fed by underground water veins.
• Rhode soaked Serie’s hair and massaged shampoo into it, easing her tension and fatigue.

Rhode recounted the fate of his old companions to Serie and revealed that his only dream had been to stay by her side forever. Serie was overwhelmed by his confession and could not bring herself to answer.

• Rhode suggested that he and Serie go for a walk and reminisced about their old adventures.
• Rhode described the Mythical-era heroes: a human founder, Erik, Som, and Serie, recalling how each had met their fate.
• Serie asked about the remaining human, and Rhode admitted he had joined the journey only because he wanted to stay with her and walk with her into eternity.
• Rhode told Serie that his simple dream had finally come true, leaving her blushing and speechless.

Rhode and Serie left the forest Barrier for an aimless journey, enjoying a town marketplace and a quiet night camping together. The chapter ended with them sitting by the fire beneath the stars, content to travel without worrying about anything.

• Rhode and Serie stepped through a crack in the forest Barrier and walked along a trade road toward a human town.
• Rhode and Serie explored the town marketplace, where Rhode bought Serie an emerald necklace and fastened it around her neck.
• Rhode started a campfire with flint and shared a pie with Serie, promising to make her grilled mushroom skewers next time.
• Rhode told Serie he enjoyed traveling without having to think about anything, and Serie watched the stars as she understood his feeling of finding poetry and distant places.

Serie considered cutting her long hair because it kept getting in her way, but Rhode stopped her and offered to style it. After struggling with braids and getting his hair pulled in revenge, he tied her hair into a simple ponytail that Serie found practical.

• Serie considered cutting her hair, but Rhode stopped her and offered to comb it instead.
• Rhode clumsily tried to braid Serie's hair, repeatedly pulling it and making a mess.
• Serie retaliated by yanking several strands of Rhode's hair.
• Serie told Rhode to fix her hair so it would stop blocking her vision.
• Rhode tied Serie's hair into a simple ponytail, and Serie admitted it was practical.

Rhode and Serie cleaned a statue of Saint King Norn to earn travel money after Rhode’s Dwarven coins proved difficult to exchange. Remembering their old companion and learning he had never been satisfied with the unfinished statue planned for Rhode, they continued the work with renewed purpose.

• Serie used magic to clean moss from Norn’s statue while Rhode scrubbed its pedestal and repaired cracks.
• Rhode showed Serie their few coins and explained that his Dwarven gold was worth less in the Human Kingdom, so he had accepted a commission to restore the statue.
• Rhode and Serie recalled Norn, who had once traveled with them before establishing a kingdom.
• Serie explained that Norn had planned statues for his companions but never approved any design for Rhode’s statue, leaving it unfinished.
• Rhode laughed at Norn’s high standards and returned to cleaning the statue, while Serie’s irritation faded as she remembered their past.

After Frieren reported that the elf villages she and Aila sought were missing, Rhode and Serie concluded that the Demon Race was secretly targeting isolated settlements and warned Frieren to stay cautious. Rhode reassured Serie that Frieren had a hidden safeguard, and the chapter ended with Serie wondering whether the elves would be near extinction without Rhode.

• Frieren wrote to Rhode and Serie that every elf village she and Aila had been directed to find was gone, with no trace of its inhabitants or buildings.
• Rhode and Serie suspected the Demon Race was attacking remote elf villages, and Rhode reasoned that a powerful Demon was likely behind the disappearances.
• Rhode calmed Serie by explaining that Frieren carried a hidden spell containing Orge's fully unleashed attack, which would activate if her life faced fatal danger.
• Rhode sent Frieren a warning to avoid Demon Race activity and prioritize her safety, then he and Serie urged the core village's elders to alert the Elf Kingdom and strengthen their vigilance.
• Walking back through the village, Serie told Rhode that the Elf race might already be on the brink of extinction if he had never intervened.

Rhode comforted Serie as she struggled with the changes in herself and her instinct to save the world, reassuring her that neither version of her was wrong. Serie found security in his embrace and left the conversation leaning on him more than before.

• Serie told Rhode she was unsure whether her efforts to save the world fit who she was, and admitted she might not have interfered without him.
• Rhode drew Serie close and explained that she feared the compassionate person she had become was unlike her emotionally detached former self.
• Rhode told Serie to follow her heart and not let darkness consume it, helping her realize she had always chosen to stand with the humans and elves.
• Serie relaxed into Rhode's arms, and the two embraced quietly beneath the moonlit sky.
• Serie teased Rhode about his rough hands, and he joked that his swordsman training had improved them since he used to braid hair.

Rhode and Serie arrived in a human town during a wedding, where Serie learned about the ceremony and admired the bride’s dress despite finding it impractical. When Rhode said he wanted to see Serie wearing one, she reluctantly agreed, leaving him delighted.

• Rhode and Serie entered a town where a wedding celebration was underway.
• Rhode explained that the ceremony let the couple share their happiness and receive the blessings of friends and family.
• Serie admired the bride’s wedding dress but criticized it as useless and impractical.
• Rhode told Serie he wanted to see her wearing a wedding dress.
• Serie reluctantly agreed that it was not impossible if Rhode insisted.

At a wedding, Rhode teased Serie by suggesting their matching outfits made them look like a couple getting married, prompting her to ask whether he meant it. Rhode told her that they could marry whenever she wanted, and Serie happily leaned into his embrace as the bride prepared to toss her bouquet.

• Serie insisted Rhode wear a black formal suit to match her wedding dress.
• Rhode suggested that their outfits made it look as if they were having a wedding, and Serie blushed at the thought.
• Serie asked Rhode whether he had been serious, and he replied that they could marry anytime she wanted.
• Serie smiled and leaned closer as Rhode wrapped his arm around her waist.
• Rhode explained the bouquet-tossing custom to Serie, while the bride raised her bouquet to throw it.

Rhode secretly guided a wedding bouquet into Serie’s arms, embarrassing her and leaving her to depart with him while still accepting his embrace. Far northwest, Frieren and Aila continued searching for elf villages but found another vanished settlement and no trace of elves.

• Rhode used a subtle gust of magic to steer the bride’s bouquet toward Serie, who caught it as the crowd watched.
• Serie realized Rhode had arranged the catch, suppressed her anger, and endured the crowd’s congratulations while Rhode teased her.
• Rhode took the bouquet and led Serie away from the square, and Serie threatened to settle things with him later without pulling away from his embrace.
• Frieren and Aila traveled toward the Extreme North, encountering more Monsters and finding no clues to elf settlements despite months of searching.
• Frieren and Aila reached the site of a village described by an old Dwarf, but Aila sensed no life or magic there, leaving Frieren distressed by another vanished elf village.

Frieren and Aila discovered evidence that demons had destroyed an elf village, captured two demons, and learned that General Balzart planned to attack another village. As they flew to stop him, Frieren resolved to develop magic that could conceal or disguise mana; meanwhile, Rhode and Serie visited humanity’s first library and were stopped from entering its magical collection without mage credentials.

• Frieren and Aila found scorched remnants of the elf village and encountered demons clearing away the ruins.
• Frieren trapped two demons with Vine Thorns while the others escaped, and Aila used Mental Magic to interrogate the captives.
• The demons revealed that General Balzart was destroying elf villages and planned to attack another one three days northwest.
• Frieren and Aila set off by Flight Magic, and Frieren decided to create a spell that could conceal or disguise mana.
• Rhode and Serie arrived at humanity’s first library, where a guard demanded their Mage Qualification Certificates before allowing them into the magical collection.

Rhode and Serie proved their magical abilities to Akav and entered the library’s restricted magic section. There, Rhode found the Origin Holy Scripture he had written with Norn a thousand years earlier, and he and Serie left looking toward the future.

• Akav required Rhode and Serie to demonstrate their magic before allowing them into the restricted section, and they each formed a Light Lance.
• Serie admired the magic collection while Rhode found the ancient Origin Holy Scripture on a protected display stand.
• Akav explained that Rhode and Saint King Norn had written humanity’s first magic book, which became the foundation of magical study across the continent.
• Rhode reflected that the book had helped magic flourish among humans and felt satisfied with how later generations had built upon it.
• Rhode took Serie’s hand, and they left the book behind to pursue the future together.

Annalise completed her fusion with the corrosive divine power of the Land of Fallen Gods and emerged as its mobile core, convinced that she and Rhode were one and that he would eventually return to save the world. Meanwhile, Rhode and Serie left the library, where scholar Carlo confronted Rhode over his claim that the Origin Holy Scripture was outdated.

• The Black Mud and Black Mist covering the Land of Fallen Gods vanished, and Annalise emerged with the forbidden zone's corrosive power fused within her.
• Annalise considered Rhode and Serie's journey, wondered why Rhode had not pursued Balzat, and insisted that she was Rhode's other self.
• Annalise disappeared, deciding to wait until Rhode deciphered the Life Formula and returned to her.
• Rhode and Serie walked out from beneath the library's dome, but scholar Carlo hurried over and demanded to know why Rhode had called the Origin Holy Scripture outdated.
• Serie bristled at Carlo's interruption, but Rhode squeezed her hand and calmly asked Carlo if there was a problem.

Rhode encountered Carlo, a scholar obsessed with uncovering lost magic from Rhode’s early work, and recognized Carlo’s formula as a discarded draft of Creation Magic. After advising Carlo not to become trapped by the past, Rhode left with Serie, while Carlo vowed to prove his theory.

• Carlo angrily confronted Rhode for dismissing the Origin Holy Scripture, and Akav ordered him to apologize.
• Carlo showed Rhode a partially restored magic formula that he believed came from one of Rhode’s lost spells.
• Rhode recognized the formula as a discarded draft from his work on Creation Magic, while Akav dismissed Carlo’s research as unfounded.
• Rhode told Carlo that old magic was not necessarily stronger and that Rhode had never been perfect.
• Rhode left with Serie, and Carlo renewed his vow to prove that Rhode’s lost magic existed.

Rhode and Serie left the magic library and explored a marketplace, where Serie discovered black fragments said to have emerged from the Land of Fallen Gods as its Black Mist thinned. Rhode sensed divine power in a fragment and suspected the mist was clearing far sooner than expected.

• Rhode told Serie that the incomplete spell formula Carlo was studying was an abandoned draft of his own, then hoped Akav would keep Carlo from going astray.
• Rhode and Serie explored a marketplace, where Serie bought Starlight Flowers and Star Grass to make a bitter Magic Recovery Potion.
• Serie noticed black fragments at a stall and learned adventurers had found them near the Land of Fallen Gods after its Black Mist began to thin.
• Rhode sensed divine power in a fragment and exchanged a grave look with Serie as they considered why the Black Mist was dissipating so quickly.

Rhode suspected that the Demon King's corrosive power came from the Land of Fallen Gods and went to question adventurers who had explored its outskirts. Meanwhile, Balzat attacked an elven village and prepared to destroy it as a white-haired elf lay helpless nearby.

• Rhode questioned a stall owner about black stones brought back from the Land of Fallen Gods by adventurers and bought the remaining stones.
• Rhode told Serie that the Demon King might have fused with the corrosive divine power of the Goddess of Fertility, making her a mobile catastrophe.
• Rhode and Serie decided to find the adventurers at their inn and ask what they had seen in the Land of Fallen Gods.
• Balzat led the Demon Race in an attack on an elven village, breaking through its Defense Magic and setting treehouses ablaze.
• Balzat taunted a wounded white-haired elf and gathered mana into a dark purple sphere to destroy the village.

Aila and Frieren joined the elves’ defense against Balzat and the attacking demons, and Frieren confronted Balzat alone. She immobilized him with gravity magic and launched a powerful elemental assault, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Aila struck Balzat with a Light Pillar, then helped the elf warriors counterattack and evacuate villagers.
• Balzat charged at Aila, but Frieren stepped between them and challenged him.
• Frieren blocked Balzat’s sword strike and asked Aila to handle the other demons.
• Frieren used Gravity Stasis to pin Balzat to the ground, then attacked him with dozens of Frost and Sun Spears.

Flamme and Aila defeated Balzat and found Frieren gravely wounded among the surviving Elves. Flamme carried Frieren toward a nearby human city for treatment, while Frieren began to feel a tentative sense of security.

• Flamme wounded Balzat, and Aila shielded the village from his counterattack with a barrier of vines.
• Flamme pierced Balzat's chest with concentrated mana and killed him, causing the remaining demons to flee.
• Flamme approached the traumatized Elf girl, who gave her name as Frieren and asked why Flamme was so strong.
• Flamme discovered Frieren's severe abdominal wound and used Healing Magic to slow the bleeding and purify some of the Dark Mana.
• Flamme carried Frieren on her back, and Aila led them toward a nearby human city for treatment.

Rhode and Serie learned that Annalise had fused with the Land of Fallen Gods and feared her unstable power could become impossible to contain. They decided to seek her out, then shared a quiet walk beneath the stars before confronting the danger ahead.

• Rhode and Serie discussed how Annalise might have absorbed the Land of Fallen Gods and the Goddess of Fertility's corrupting power.
• Rhode explained that Annalise's unstable power could overwhelm their current methods, while Serie argued they should confront her rather than wait.
• Rhode considered using Light of Ayr, Orge, Atos, and the legendary Sword of the Hero to purify Annalise, but admitted the outcome was uncertain.
• Serie chose to find Annalise directly, and Rhode agreed, saying he would use other means if the Holy Swords were not enough.
• Rhode invited Serie to look at the stars, and Serie took his hand as they walked together through the quiet night.

Frieren carried the gravely injured Frieren to the temple in the City of Extreme Boundaries, hoping its Priests could remove the corrosive Dark Mana. After the guards refused to treat an elf, Aila attacked them, and temple guards surrounded the two women.

• Frieren and Aila reached the temple with the wounded Frieren, whose condition was worsening from Balzat’s lingering mana.
• The temple guards refused entry and treatment, saying only human believers could be treated and that the bishop had to approve cases involving Dark Mana.
• Frieren pleaded with the guards and regretted not studying more Holy Magic, while Aila grew angry at their refusal.
• Aila disarmed and knocked the two guards into the temple doors with attack magic.
• The temple alarm summoned dozens of guards, and their captain ordered them to seize Frieren and Aila, killing them if they resisted.