Chapter Summaries

Lanchi introduced his Magical Engineering course at Saint Krui Di Monastery by teaching students an ancient principle for powerful chain explosions and assigning a group project on demolishing illegal buildings. He intended to use the Empire’s resources and the students’ connections to locate Blood Moon City and destroy it, while ensuring the alliance could learn from the research.

• Lanchi reset the course’s attendance records but warned students that the single attendance check would count for ten percent of their grades.
• Lanchi challenged the students to become great Magical Engineers and told them his research could shape the Krui Di Empire’s transformation.
• Lanchi wrote an ancient demon-engineering principle for high-powered chain explosions on the classroom window, drawing the students’ intense attention.
• Lanchi replaced the final examination with a group project on modern applications of demon engineering to demolishing illegal buildings.
• Talia questioned Lanchi about sharing military research with the Empire, and he explained that the Allied Spy could relay its results through Young Miss Unity.
• Lanchi told Talia that the students’ noble and ministerial connections could help him find illegal buildings and obtain Blood Moon City’s coordinates so he could blow it up.

Professor Landry lectured at Saint Krui Di Monastery about Magical Engineering and promised students experimental energy for a military-grade project. He revealed to Talia that he was developing a Philosopher's Stone from vampires, while Ursula Roland took an interest in him and worried Elsa Washington.

• Landry taught that Magical Engineering offered a new way to understand the world, and students questioned how they could obtain the energy and materials needed to test his explosive principles.
• Landry promised to provide experimental energy within a month and said a separate research project would develop a new energy source with help from selected alchemy students.
• Landry told Talia that he and Midnight Lord Esmod were close to producing a Philosopher's Stone by refining vampires, and he planned to acknowledge Talia's role in the research.
• Landry told the class that the new energy's principles would eventually be shared and submitted to the state, and that he wanted the course to remain open to listeners.
• Ursula Roland watched Landry with interest, while Elsa Washington silently warned Ursula not to meddle with her brother and prayed that he would handle her.

Professor Landry faced skepticism in his first class at Saint Krui Di Monastery, then won over the students by presenting a profound new interpretation of fire and sealing magic. He left to thunderous applause as the students began to see him as a major figure in Imperial magical engineering.

• Ursula challenged Professor Landry’s credentials and questioned whether his ambitious research project could serve the students’ interests.
• Students pressed Landry for proof of his abilities, while Elsa worried that her brother’s class was turning against him.
• Landry wrote a groundbreaking interpretation of the Genesis Records’ fire and sealing chapters, stunning the students with its insights.
• Landry urged the students to turn knowledge into practical skill and told them their time had come.
• The students rose to applaud Landry and cheered for the future of Krui Di and Imperial magical engineering as he left the classroom.

After teaching at Saint Krui Di Monastery, Lanchi encouraged Cat Boss to pursue her dream of becoming a Nation-Protecting Divine Beast while Talia warned him about the political forces surrounding Magical Engineering. He turned down Elsa’s invitation but offered to help her, and Elsa later confided in Ursula that her brother seemed changed yet still gentle.

• Students gathered in Classroom 4-21 to record and discuss the Magical Engineering principles Lanchi had taught.
• Lanchi encouraged Cat Boss to work toward becoming a Nation-Protecting Divine Beast, and she eagerly accepted.
• Talia warned Lanchi that Magical Engineering researchers could become tools of politics and military affairs, but Lanchi said he had always been a politician.
• Elsa asked Lanchi to spend the afternoon with her, but he declined because of his workload and urged her to contact him if she faced trouble.
• Ursula criticized Lanchi for brushing Elsa off, while Elsa defended her brother and said she had been having nightmares.
• Elsa told Ursula that Lanchi seemed colder and unfamiliar, but she still felt his heart was gentle; Ursula later lamented that nobody paid attention to her.

Hughberlian spent a quiet morning under the protection of Antanas, Sinora, and Planai before Teacher Almirs contacted her and came to visit. Almirs arrived at Cat Boss Restaurant, where she reunited with Hughberlian after grieving over Loren’s reported death.

• Hughberlian read the newspaper, fed a fox, and joked with Antanas while staying inside Cat Boss Restaurant for her safety.
• Almirs contacted Hughberlian and said she would visit, making Hughberlian excited to see her teacher.
• Almirs arrived at Cat Boss Restaurant and recognized the powerful demon barriers protecting the building.
• Hughberlian ran to Almirs and embraced her, relieved to reunite with her teacher.

The Ice Witch Almirs reunited with Hughberlian and asked the three Great Demon Races at the Cat Boss Restaurant to help the allied forces. They agreed to let Hughberlian infiltrate the Krui Di Empire with Almirs and the four Demon Races, and Hughberlian chose to accept the mission.

• Almirs reunited with Hughberlian and recognized Law-Breaking Sinora, Guardian of Antanas, and Truth-Seeking Planai at the restaurant.
• Almirs asked the three Great Demon Races for help, and Planai warned her about Duke Raschal, the Third Progenitor of the Blood Race, and the danger he had foreseen in First War God Hycintos.
• Almirs proposed that she accompany Hughberlian on an infiltration mission into the Krui Di Empire, with the Demon Races carried as Magic Cards.
• Planai considered the proposal and let Hughberlian decide, while Sinora and Antanas agreed to hear her choice.
• Hughberlian accepted the mission and joined hands with Almirs, resolving to serve as a spy for the allied forces.

Lanchi discussed Cat Boss’s potential growth and the war against the Allied Forces while preparing to teach at Saint Krui Di Monastery. He remained committed to opposing the war and secretly investigating the Blood Race, then assured Cat Boss that acting like an Empire’s Lackey was part of his spy mission.

• Cat Boss resisted Lanchi’s attempt to stop its broadcast and warned him to be cautious of Imperial figures and spies from the Silver Moon Restoration Society and the Allied Forces.
• Lanchi and Cat Boss discussed how Cat Boss might grow stronger, while Lanchi said he wanted to reach Tier 7 and become a true transcendent saint.
• After reading the Krui Di Central Daily’s war reports, Lanchi judged that the war might become a prolonged conflict and declared that he would oppose it.
• Lanchi explained that the Blood Race was still hiding within the Empire and that protecting Hughberlian had delayed its plans, so he needed to identify which Imperial factions it controlled.
• As Lanchi prepared to leave for work, he told Cat Boss that posing as an Empire’s Lackey was part of his mission to deceive both enemies and allies.

Lanchi met Red Falcon Nikola at Saint Krui Di Monastery, defended his suspicion of Lovia, and accepted an invitation to become an honorary consultant for the Imperial Special Operations Division. He left the meeting appearing eager to serve the Empire, while Talia recognized that the position could also be a trap.

• Lanchi followed signs through Elliot Hall and found Nikola waiting outside the former Classroom 4-21.
• Nikola praised the magical engineering formulas on the classroom windows and told Lanchi that Lovia showed no obvious signs of suspicion.
• Lanchi insisted that Lovia was suspicious, and Nikola promised to investigate him further without arresting a loyal subject by mistake.
• Nikola invited Lanchi to become an honorary consultant at the Imperial Special Operations Division research institute.
• Talia warned Lanchi that the unpaid position would let Nikola monitor him and potentially arrest him, but Lanchi accepted the invitation and said they would serve the Empire together.

Professor Landry taught a class at Saint Krui Di Monastery, then accompanied Red Falcon Nikola to the Imperial Special Operations Division headquarters at Director Dakes’s request. As Lanchi traveled toward the meeting, he explained to Talia why he had presented Elsa as a weakness, while she worried about the dangers awaiting him.

• Lanchi answered students’ questions after class, and several followed him to discuss applications of his new energy theory.
• Nikola interrupted Lanchi and invited him to the Imperial Special Operations Division; Lanchi arranged to meet the students in his office the next afternoon.
• Nikola questioned Lanchi about his rapport with students and his relationship with Elsa, and Lanchi insisted that the division should not trouble his sister.
• Lanchi told Talia that revealing his attachment to Elsa would make Nikola see him as a more believable and controllable person.
• Nikola revealed that Director Dakes had summoned Lanchi to discuss an honorary adviser position, and they traveled by Magic Guide Vehicle to the division’s headquarters.

Lanchi visited the Imperial Special Operations Division, where Director Dakes recruited him as an honorary consultant and hinted that he might join an important project tied to Magic Energy Fission. Lanchi realized the Empire expected him to bring a fiancée into the project, so he and Talia began considering how to create a convincing identity for one.

• Nikola escorted Lanchi through the Imperial Special Operations Division headquarters and introduced him to Director Dakes Reynolds.
• Dakes welcomed Lanchi as an honorary consultant, explained his work would involve coordinating with Nikola, and discussed Lanchi's research and loyalty to the Empire.
• Dakes questioned Lanchi about rumors of his fiancée and romantic entanglements, while Lanchi tried to conceal his surprise and denied that women would distract him from his work.
• Dakes privately told Lanchi that the Empire might invite him to a major project but would scrutinize him closely before deciding.
• Lanchi told Talia that the project likely concerned Magic Energy Fission and that participants' families might be gathered together for protection and leverage.
• Lanchi and Talia discussed finding a reliable woman to pose as his fiancée, with Talia reluctantly agreeing that she could play the role if needed.

Lanchi met with Duke Dikes, returned to Saint Krui Di Monastery, and later arranged to exchange his research results with Allied Spy Unity for help finding a fiancée from Nicksasender. Unity agreed to seek a suitable identity, while Lanchi left the café believing he had secured the help he needed.

• Lanchi assured Duke Dikes of his commitment to the Empire, and Dikes promised to clear obstacles to his research while hinting at a future plan.
• Lanchi returned to Saint Krui Di Monastery with Red Falcon Nikola's escort, worked with Magical Engineering professors, and spent the evening at an open-air café.
• Unity secretly met Lanchi at the café, where he offered to leave his research results in a Recording Crystal Stone hidden inside a coffee cup.
• Lanchi asked Unity to find a suitable Nicksasender identity for a fiancée, and Unity agreed to help while requiring him to maintain Landry's identity and continue cooperating.
• After Unity left, Lanchi reflected that she had misunderstood his loyalties, while Talia questioned his roleplaying and objected inwardly to being his possible fiancée.

Lanchi returned to his monastery residence and used Landry’s Communication Magic Card to seek a fake fiancée from the Nicksasender territory. Number One agreed to find a woman connected to the Rebirth Church, while Lanchi and Talia considered asking the Bosen Kingdom for a backup.

• Lanchi and Talia discussed his loneliness, their teasing banter, and the unusual care he showed for her before heading inside.
• Lanchi ordered groceries and, with Talia, studied the organization’s group chat, where Mercy asked for information about the Magic Energy Fission Principle.
• Hope warned that investigating the Principle risked attracting the Imperial Special Operations Division, while Loyalty uploaded a recording of classified information from Elliot Hall.
• Lanchi privately asked Friendship to find him a well-trained woman from Nicksasender who could act as his fiancée, and Friendship offered to arrange a woman from the Rebirth Church within a month.
• Lanchi told Talia he would also consider using Nigel’s Bosen Kingdom contact as a backup, while Cat Boss worried that several prospective fiancées might end up under one roof.

In Blood Moon City, Marquis Helitier ordered Colonel Maquire to arrange the assassination of the Wolf Witch and to exploit the Silver Moon Restoration Society’s attacks to provoke an Imperial crackdown and accelerate the Blood Race’s plans. She ended by declaring that calamity had arrived and doubting the Black Sun Tyrant could stop the Blood Race.

• Maquire reported that Violet had been lured to Stabergen Lake and that Hycintos would remain at Headquarters unless a Tier 8 battle broke out in the capital.
• Helitier learned that Red Beryl Julius might return to the capital after nearly hitting allied Tier 8s with a massive explosion in the Western Hub District.
• Helitier ordered Maquire to arrange the Wolf Witch’s death through intermediaries, since the Wolf Witch’s Eye of Judgment could expose Blood Race killers and she might have seen Countess Saberna.
• Helitier told Maquire to use the Silver Moon Restoration Society’s violence as cover for further killings, stirring the Empire into investigating the Society and advancing Territory Refinement.
• Maquire agreed that humans who resisted the Blood Race should be refined, and Helitier declared that calamity had arrived before questioning whether the Black Sun Tyrant could stop them.

Lanchi and Talia spent their day off discussing the dangers and strategy of attacking Blood Moon City, where Duke Migaiya was likely being held. They planned to recruit powerful allies for a National Day assault and prepared for Lanchi and Talia to enter the Shadow World in about a week.

• Cat Boss reported that Lanchi had gained attention for his research and espionage work, received Duke Dex's praise, and accepted a Silk Banner from Red Falcon Nikola.
• Lanchi and Talia enjoyed breakfast together, then discussed the Blood Race intelligence they had gathered through the mysterious organization.
• Lanchi explained Blood Moon City's defenses and proposed a four-team assault strategy to defeat its three marquises, stop Third Progenitor Lasha'er from charging the core, and keep the Imperial Army from reinforcing the city.
• Lanchi said they would need powerful teammates and should attack during the National Day Ceremony, when the War Gods would be unable to interfere freely.
• Lanchi told Talia he had applied for Shadow World challenger authorization and expected to enter with her in about a week, where they would see Hugh Treasure.

Hughberlian and four Great Demons traveled into the Krui Di Empire, passing a guarded checkpoint on their way toward Granvilleverly City and the capital, Bulida. As they discussed the war and the Empire’s Magic Energy Fission research, Hughberlian spotted a professor she recognized in the newspaper and reacted with anger.

• Hughberlian traveled with Antanas, Sinora, Planai, and the Ice Witch toward Granvilleverly City, thinking about Lanchi and promising her friends they could stay at the Duke’s estate.
• Planai bribed a captain at an Imperial checkpoint with money hidden in a cigarette case, allowing the group to continue toward the railway station.
• Hughberlian asked the Ice Witch about the war, and the Ice Witch described the fighting and the growing international concern over Magic Energy Fission weapons.
• The Ice Witch showed Hughberlian a newspaper photograph of Imperial professor Landry Wasington with officers from the Imperial Special Operations Division, and Hughberlian angrily called him the Empire’s Lackey.

Hughberlian, the Ice Witch, Antanas, Sinora, and Planai traveled toward the Imperial capital to meet the allied spy Unity while discussing Loren, the possibility of finding Ifatia and Yabo, and their plans to enter a Shadow World together. The group reached Granvilleverly City’s guarded train station, where Hughberlian anticipated sharing the story of Sigrid with her friends.

• The Ice Witch told Hughberlian that they were going to meet Unity, an allied spy in Bulida, and Hughberlian worried about Florence guarding Ikelite while grieving Loren.
• Antanas suggested Loren might still be alive because the Empire had not given the Wind Slab to Simon Luo, but her speculation frightened the Ice Witch.
• Hughberlian asked whether they might find her mother, Ifatia, in the Krui Di Empire, and the group wondered whether Lanchi, Talia, and Yabo might also be there.
• Hughberlian invited the others to join her and Lanchi in the final vampire-history Shadow World, and Antanas eagerly agreed.
• As Planai drove toward the guarded station, Hughberlian told Antanas and Sinora that she wanted to show them Sigrid in the Shadow World.

Lanqi spent a restful lunch with Talia before Elsa visited and invited him to a play with Ursula, but he declined and entrusted Cat Boss to accompany her. He sent Cat Boss off with a human-transformation card and instructions to protect Elsa while keeping its true rank concealed.

• Talia served Lanqi and Cat Boss lunch and urged Lanqi to rest by the monastery stream that afternoon.
• Elsa visited Lanqi and invited him to Gods Temple and a performance of Holy War Romance with Ursula, but Lanqi declined because of official business.
• Lanqi gave Elsa Cat Boss, aliasing it Little Black Bread, and privately argued with Talia about her weight.
• Lanqi handed Cat Boss a Purple Rare Transformation Art: Human card and warned it to transform only when necessary.
• Cat Boss promised Lanqi and Elsa that it would protect them from anyone who provoked it.

Lanchi reassured Elsa about his work with the Imperial Special Operations Division and checked her defensive magic before she left with Cat Boss. After hearing the wild rumors about his supposed fiancées, Lanchi watched Elsa go and reflected on wanting to save as many people as he could despite their countries being enemies.

• Elsa warned Lanchi that his work with the Imperial Special Operations Division could be dangerous, and he promised to be careful.
• Lanchi examined Elsa’s Magic Cards and learned that Principal Violet had given her defensive spells and the Moon Goddess Mirror.
• Elsa asked whether Lanchi’s fiancée was the woman he had mentioned, while Talia silently pressed him for an answer through their mental link.
• Elsa told Lanchi that students at Saint Krui Di Monastery were spreading rumors that he was romantically involved with several fiancées and was known as the Saint of Love.
• Elsa left with Cat Boss to meet Ursula, and Lanchi admitted to Talia that he still wanted to save as many people as he could.

Lanchi studied the Krui Di Empire’s Long-Form Attribute Periodic Table while preparing lessons, and he and Talia discussed divine arts, the Demon Realm, and the tragic future the Goddess of Fate had shown him. Talia pressed Lanchi to explain why that future showed her beating him, but Cat Boss’s garbled call interrupted them.

• Lanchi reviewed the attributes in the Long-Form Attribute Periodic Table with Talia and explained how it would help him prepare his next lessons.
• Lanchi and Talia discussed faith, divine arts, the Upside-Down Mark, and the relative strength of the Great Demon Race Trials.
• Lanchi recalled the grim future behind Talia’s Rise, and Talia thanked him before asking why she had beaten him in that worldline.
• Talia caught Lanchi when he tried to escape and demanded he confess what he had done to anger her.
• Cat Boss contacted them through the Communication Magic Card, but severe mana interference broke up the message.

Lanchi learned that Elsa had gone missing and used Cat Boss’s broken messages, with Ursula’s help, to trace her to the Bulida Mafia’s Port District. He and Ursula set off together to find her, despite the danger of entering Mafia territory.

• Cat Boss sent Lanchi a garbled distress message, and Lanchi hurried downstairs while trying to understand its clues.
• Ursula arrived and told Lanchi that Elsa had failed to meet her and was missing from the monastery.
• Lanchi let Ursula listen to Cat Boss’s message, and she identified the Port District as the likely location from its references to boxes and alleys.
• Ursula warned Lanchi about the Mafia’s powerful leaders, but he asked her to help narrow down Elsa’s location.
• Ursula agreed to guide Lanchi, using her scouting magic and ability to track Elsa’s scent.
• Lanchi and Ursula flew southeast toward the Port District.