Chapter Summaries

Anvis made Fiona study inscription theory by withholding the rest of his story, then returned to the Spell Testing Ground a month later to examine the Luo Luo Beast after its spell test. The beast had grown fatter, and Anvis began carefully sensing its life force to investigate the effects of the Old Days Secret Scripture.

• Anvis stopped his story at a cliffhanger and made Fiona study inscription books, threatening to withhold the next day's story if she could not answer questions about them.
• Fiona spent the next half month alternating between studying and listening to Anvis's stories, while Anvis collected her resentment in a containment crystal ball.
• The Duke demonstrated mage battles to Anvis and Fiona, questioned them about noble combat, and ended their confinement.
• Anvis visited the Spell Testing Ground a month after the previous spell test and found that the Luo Luo Beast had grown much fatter.
• Anvis put the Luo Luo Beast to sleep and carefully examined the life force beneath the heart-shaped marking on its back.

Anvis tested several newly learned prophecy spells, using them against a gray cloud finch. Fiona left Moonrise Fortress for Carlras City to choose a farewell gift for Anvis before he departed for the Royal Capital Academy.

• Anvis reviewed his prophecy spells and arranged for a Luo Luo Beast to remain under observation after finding no short-term adverse effects.
• Anvis tested Heart Strike, Foretell Offensive, and Suppress Good Luck on a gray cloud finch, striking it, dodging its attack, and causing it to crash after its wing cramped.
• Fiona woke from a nap after half a month of studying inscriptions and left Moonrise Fortress with Annie aboard the family's alchemical airship.
• Fiona visited Queen's Avenue in Carlras City to buy Anvis a farewell gift before his departure for the Royal Capital Academy.

Fiona and Annie went to a busy market so Fiona could find a distinctive gift for Anvis, and Fiona bought a bunch of Peng Gu Fruit. Fiona entered a quiet alley to taste one, unaware that several men had gathered near the entrance while Annie discreetly sent a signal for help.

• Fiona asked Annie for suggestions on choosing a gift for Anvis, and Annie recommended something unique and creative.
• Fiona and Annie explored the market, where Fiona became curious about the people and stalls around her.
• Fiona bought a bunch of Peng Gu Fruit from a farm woman, and Annie paid for it.
• As Fiona headed toward a nearby alley, several men gathered near its entrance, and Annie secretly activated a silver-white Nameplate.
• Fiona entered the alley, cast a Neglect Spell on herself, washed one of the fruits with a conjured ball of water, and took a bite.

Fiona and Annie visited a straw-weaving stall, where Fiona searched for a gift for her brother and bought a Lucky Wind Chime after its maker began telling her the artisans’ legend behind it. The chapter ended as the old woman explained how rare Wind Chime Grass with exactly nine flowers was.

• Fiona and Annie continued through the alley after city guards swiftly arrested the would-be thieves who had targeted them.
• Fiona stopped at an old woman’s straw-weaving stall and examined an Owl Straw Weave, but lost interest when she learned it could not fly or hoot.
• Fiona told the old woman she was looking for a gift for her brother, and the old woman recommended a Lucky Wind Chime said to bring good fortune.
• Fiona agreed to buy the wind chime, and the old woman began describing the legend of Wind Chime Grass, noting that grass with exactly nine flowers was exceptionally rare.

An old woman told Fiona and Annie how she once found Wind Chime Grass with nine bells but forgot its legend until the plant had withered. Fiona left the stall after giving the old woman's grandson fruit, while the boy hoped to become a mage and help his grandmother.

• Fiona asked the old woman whether she had ever found Wind Chime Grass with nine bells, and the old woman recalled fleeing a Beast Tide and losing her husband to a Wind Wolf.
• The old woman described finding Wind Chime Grass with nine bells after a storm, then returning months later to find it dead and later seeing the plant with twelve flowers.
• The old woman said her family eventually prospered, her two younger daughters entered the Professional Academy, and her eldest daughter married well.
• Fiona thanked the old woman, paid for the Straw Wind Chime, and gave the string of fruit to the little boy.
• The little boy thanked Fiona and told his grandmother he hoped to pass the academy's aptitude test and become a mage.

Four days before leaving for Pamir Academy, Anvis discussed his plans while reading in the Library, where Fiona came to tell him about a legend concerning nine-flowered Wind Chime Grass. She revealed a magical planter holding exactly nine flowers, leaving Anvis stunned.

• Anvis considered recruiting talented students at Pamir Academy to form a secret society and pursuing magical versions of advanced weapons.
• Fiona visited Anvis in the Library and asked whether he knew about Wind Chime Grass.
• Anvis recited the plant's scientific classification and details, but Fiona clarified that she meant a legend.
• Fiona told Anvis that whoever found a nine-flowered Wind Chime Grass would receive happiness and longevity.
• Fiona activated a vine-covered box with a Crystal, transforming it into a glowing planter with nine-flowered Wind Chime Grass inside.

Anvis received Fiona’s farewell gift and realized that his presence had already changed their relationship from his past life. Before leaving for Pamir Academy, he began crafting a growth-potential magic curio based on the story he had told her, though its final enchantment remained unfinished.

• Fiona gave Anvis a vine that transformed into a box and explained how she had found and prepared it as his farewell gift.
• Anvis thanked Fiona, then returned the box so she could give it to him again when he left and share her good fortune with their parents.
• After Fiona left the Library, Anvis reflected that his presence had improved their relationship and began reading a book about how Dream Wonders gained growth potential.
• Two days before leaving for the academy, Anvis entered the alchemy Laboratory and activated its maximum protective arrays.
• Anvis used ominous materials and a Nightmare Bird to craft a magic book based on Fiona’s Adventures in Wonderland, binding it with Fiona’s golden hair.
• Anvis prepared to fuse an Abnormal Element into the completed curio beneath the shadow of a funeral umbrella.

Anvis used low-grade Abnormal Element to complete a growth-type Dream Wonder for Fiona. The finished book could eventually reach the Eighth Rank, though it also appeared to have an unknown beneficial effect only Fiona could experience.

• Anvis covered the book and fused it with low-grade Abnormal Element, carefully adjusting the process with Spiritual Power.
• After the fusion succeeded, Anvis sealed the book in an Anti-Magic Metal Box and waited until the specified time.
• Anvis opened the box and found the book transformed into the Low-Rank Growth-Type Dream Wonder, "Fiona's Adventures in Wonderland."
• Anvis explained that the book created an immersive Dream World and could gain more abilities as it grew.
• Anvis discovered the Abnormal Element had given the book an unknown beneficial effect and estimated it could eventually reach the Eighth Rank.

On the eve of Anvis’s departure for Pamir Academy, Duke Carlot advised him about balancing his studies and explained the academy’s elite Truth Society. The duke then presented powerful farewell gifts from Anvis’s older siblings, and Anvis was stunned when another item appeared.

• Duke Carlot praised Anvis for crafting a growth-type curio and advised him not to neglect his magical studies for secondary professions.
• Anvis told Duke Carlot he knew the basics of Pamir Academy and its student societies.
• Duke Carlot explained that the Truth Society was a semi-hidden society for the academy’s most exceptional students and said Anvis would qualify for an invitation.
• Duke Carlot gave Anvis three gifts from his older siblings: the Dark Moon Staff, the Mithril Codex, and the Thinker’s Ring.
• Anvis recognized the gifts as powerful equipment from his previous life, then caught his breath as another item appeared before him.

Anvis accepted a Restoration Pendant and obtained permission to study the Mercury Prophecy Book before leaving Carlras. After checking on the Last Dragonborn, he arranged experiments on Players and began crafting a Mercury Divination curio.

• Duke Carlot gave Anvis a Restoration Pendant and warned him not to lend out or share the Mercury Prophecy Book’s knowledge without authorization.
• Anvis retrieved the Mercury Prophecy Book from the Grand Library and studied its detailed Mercury Divination methods and spell imprints.
• Anvis asked his Chamber of Commerce Head for news about the Last Dragonborn, who had been traveling with a caravan.
• After hearing of the Last Dragonborn’s unusual habits, Anvis sent instructions for experiments on Players.
• Anvis sealed his experimental tasks in a letter, sent it through a family messenger, and began crafting in the Castle Alchemy Lab.

As Anvis prepared to leave Carlas, he walked alone to Olivenndi Lake and confronted the loneliness and fear he had hidden behind his polished persona. He emerged resolved to survive and lead those he cherished toward a future, then returned to the castle with renewed determination.

• Fiona talked with her kitten Kate on Moonrise Fortress's terrace and asked whether it could take her to the moon.
• Anvis left Moonrise Fortress for a final walk before departing Carlas the next day.
• At Olivenndi Lake, Anvis searched the stars for a familiar blue star and reflected on his isolation and the Olyvendi Family's uncertain future.
• Anvis decided that even a small person could change events from a crucial position and resolved to protect those he cherished.
• Anvis threw the pebble into the lake and headed back to the castle without hesitation.

Anvis prepared to leave for Royal Pamir Academy while the chapter outlined the academy system Emperor Gloria had established and the empire's history. After exchanging gifts with Fiona, Anvis watched the academy's enormous welcoming vessel descend over the square.

• Anvis boarded a vehicle for Carlras City with the Duke and his companions, while new students gathered to depart for their academies.
• The chapter recounted how Emperor Gloria founded the Gloria Empire and established its academy system, making Royal Pamir Academy a center for the empire's upper class.
• Duchess Elena reminded Anvis to care for himself at the academy, and Fiona gave him a farewell gift.
• Anvis gave Fiona a Magic Curio storybook that contained a developing Dream World and could train her Spiritual Power.
• Duke Carlot noticed the light dim over the square as Royal Pamir Academy's enormous dark silver welcoming vessel descended from the clouds.

Anvis left home aboard Pamir Academy’s Floating Ship and settled into his privileged cabin while studying during the journey. At dinner, he entered the dining hall, where the freshmen had begun gathering in distinct groups.

• The Duke introduced Anvis to the academy Guides and entrusted them with his care as the Floating Ship arrived.
• Anvis boarded with the freshmen, and a Reception Mage transported him alongside the lead Guide as the ship departed.
• A Reception Mage explained the ship’s rules and distributed Number Plates to the freshmen.
• Anvis reached his spacious cabin, changed into his academy uniform, and studied the Mercury Prophecy Book.
• Anvis went to dinner and saw the freshmen dining in groups divided by their habits and backgrounds.

Anvis deliberately befriended freshmen Hillyl and Olbins at dinner, charming Hillyl while observing the quiet boy. Back in his room, he confirmed Olbins was one of the academy’s two top-priority recruitment targets because of his exceptional talent for Magic.

• Anvis sat with Hillyl and Olbins in the dining hall and introduced himself as a freshman from Carlras City.
• Anvis chatted warmly with Hillyl about Carlras City while Olbins remained mostly silent.
• Hillyl asked whether she would see Anvis again, and he told her he would dine there every evening.
• After returning to his room, Anvis reviewed the encounter and confirmed he had approached the table to make contact with Olbins.
• Anvis considered Olbins a true Magic genius and one of his highest-priority targets for recruitment.

Anvis used the voyage to Pamir Academy to get closer to the future magical prodigy Olbins and his half-sister Hillyl. By the end of the chapter, the three had grown acquainted through several dinners, though Olbins remained mostly quiet.

• Anvis recalled Olbins's future achievements and decided to recruit him into his own camp while they traveled to the academy.
• Anvis learned that Hillyl and Olbins were half-siblings who shared the same mother.
• At dinner, Anvis told Hillyl and Olbins a joke about Viscount Tune testing his three sons, and Hillyl laughed while Olbins muttered that the winning son's method was hypocrisy.
• Anvis dined with Hillyl and Olbins each evening, sharing information about Pamir Academy and Carlras City as Hillyl recounted stories from her rural life.

Anvis received the caravan leader’s report on tests of the elf guard, the Last Dragonborn, and learned that the player had disappeared after the caravan buried part of its carriage. The Last Dragonborn reappeared alone in the Dawn Forest, traveled toward Bignius Fort, and encountered an unexpected event as he ran.

• Two noble students recognized Anvis aboard the Floating Ship, but he politely declined their invitations to dine with them.
• Anvis received a letter detailing the Last Dragonborn’s rapid combat improvement, compliance with unusual tasks, and repeated disappearances in bursts of White Light.
• The caravan buried the section of carriage where the Last Dragonborn had vanished, and he did not reappear with it.
• The Last Dragonborn logged in alone on a road in the Dawn Forest and found that his caravan quests had failed.
• The Last Dragonborn assigned free Attribute Points to agility and constitution, then leaped along the road toward Bignius Fort.
• After receiving a low-stamina warning, the Last Dragonborn encountered an unexpected event.

The Last Dragonborn killed five gray coyotes and found a bloodstained letter stack on a dead woman, triggering the 'Dead Person' quest. After reading three letters from Wood to Aisha, he learned that Wood’s mercenary group was escorting supplies for the White Rose Legion and had ignored Aisha’s growing fears; the quest remained unfinished.

• The Last Dragonborn used his Guardian Longbow and Manipulate Plants to kill five gray coyotes attacking him.
• He searched the dead woman and found coins, a Black Iron Necklace, and four bloodstained letters.
• The first letter from Wood explained that his mercenary group was escorting supplies for the White Rose Legion from Wind Valley City to Manerqinke Fortress.
• The Last Dragonborn triggered the 'Dead Person' quest, which required him to read all four letters.
• He read two more letters in which Wood dismissed Aisha’s warnings and described the group’s progress toward Manerqinke Fortress.

The Last Dragonborn accepted a quest to find the whereabouts of a missing escort team after discovering a dead woman’s letters and memento. Meanwhile, Anvis spoke with Hillyl and Olbins aboard the Floating Ship about their future studies at Pamir Academy and began asking Hillyl about spellcasting.

• The Last Dragonborn read a diary entry revealing that the dead woman had gone to Manerqinke Fortress to search for her missing lover, triggering the C-rank quest “Tracking.”
• The Last Dragonborn examined the woman’s necklace, inferred that her lover had died on an escort mission, accepted her commission, and set off toward Manerqinke Fortress.
• A Goshawk watched the Last Dragonborn, while Anvis’s plan to separate him from the merchant caravan continued aboard the Floating Ship.
• Anvis told Hillyl and Olbins that the Floating Ship would reach the academy the next morning and asked which schools they planned to join.
• Hillyl said she had talent for the Illusion School, Olbins chose the Change School’s spatial-temporal form transformation faction, and Anvis said he would enter the Mystery School.
• Anvis asked Hillyl whether she thought every spell had a casting model.

Anvis explained the Mystery School to Hillyl and debated Olbins’s belief that every spell had a model. After Anvis left, Olbins warned his sister that Anvis was likely far too highborn for her to pursue.

• Anvis described Mystic-type spells and the Mystery School to Hillyl.
• Olbins argued that every spell had a model, and Anvis replied that magic still held mysteries.
• Anvis said goodbye to Hillyl and Olbins and left.
• Hillyl scolded Olbins for risking Anvis’s displeasure, but Olbins told her Anvis was likely a very high-ranking noble.

Anvis reflected on his plan involving Hillyl and Olbins as the Floating Ship arrived at Pamir Academy. The academy revealed itself beneath a powerful Mystic Lock, and the new students disembarked to find their branch academies.

• Olbins confronted Hillyl with the possibility that Anvis had deliberately befriended them, and Hillyl struggled to accept his suspicions.
• Anvis considered how Olbins might distrust his intentions and wondered what had happened to Hillyl in his previous life.
• Anvis chatted with Pigeon while reflecting on how strange humans were.
• The Floating Ship stopped above a forest, and the Glory Mystic Lock revealed Pamir Academy as it descended.
• The new students disembarked at the Sky Dock and followed guides toward their respective branch academies.