Chapter Summaries

Azer awoke in the Library of Fantasies and learned that he had been chosen as its first administrator, tasked with experiencing imagined worlds so they could become real. The Library began granting him a compatible power, but the chapter ended before he learned its full nature.

• Azer woke in a fountain inside a vast library after receiving a message that he had become its administrator.
• The Library of Fantasies revealed that it collected imagined worlds and needed real people to live through them for those worlds to become real.
• Azer recalled his lonely life as a bookstore clerk and accepted his new role, deciding to leave his unsatisfying reality behind.
• The Library began bestowing a compatible power on Azer, drawing a page from him and transforming its light into a golden geometric pattern that entered his body.

Azer gained authority over armaments from the Library of Fantasies and entered the world of Asterisk War after drawing a life experience. He arrived in a classroom as a Star Vein Generation student, with Star Power shimmering in his hand.

• Azer learned that his new authority let him manipulate armaments, though he lacked powerful armaments to use it on.
• Azer opened a book in the Library of Fantasies and learned that dying in a fantasy world could cost him his life and his role as Administrator.
• The library randomly selected Azer’s life background, and the book revealed that its world was Asterisk War.
• Azer touched the blank book and vanished from the library into a classroom.
• A teacher explained the Starfall Rain and the Star Vein Generation, and Azer realized he had Star Power and belonged to that group.

Azer began his first life experience as an ordinary student at Seidoukan Academy in Asterisk and assessed his Star Vein Generation abilities. He decided to seek a powerful weapon to improve his chances in the Star Martial Festival and tested his Activation Device.

• Azer blended in with students leaving class and confirmed that his selected life background had made him a first-year student at Seidoukan Academy.
• Azer sensed and activated his Star Power, discovering that his youthful body could withstand attacks far better than an ordinary person's.
• Azer considered how to make his life experience exciting enough to earn a strong reward and decided to improve his abilities by obtaining a powerful armament.
• Azer took the Activation Device from his sheath and extended its blade.

Azer discovered that Authority let him wield a Huang-style Armament with perfect skill and could bind weapons to him as exclusive armaments. Wanting a stronger weapon than the standard model, he returned toward the school building to find one.

• Azer picked up a Huang-style Armament and instinctively wielded it with expert swordsmanship, tearing up the lawn with a powerful slash.
• Hearing people approach, Azer hid the weapon and fled before they reached the damaged area.
• Azer tested the Huang-style Armament again and confirmed that Authority let him use it perfectly and could make weapons recognize him as their master.
• Azer decided not to bind the ordinary standard-issue armament and headed back toward the school building to seek a more powerful weapon.

Azer visited the Student Council to request permission to use a Pure Star Radiant Armament, and Claudia Enfield explained how scarce and selective the weapons were. He asked her to submit his application anyway, then quietly activated an unseen power as he left, prompting Claudia to react.

• Azer went to Seidoukan Academy’s Student Council Office to apply to use a Pure Star Radiant Armament.
• Claudia Enfield explained that the weapons were scarce, belonged to the Integrated Enterprise Foundation, and chose their own users.
• Claudia warned Azer that his ordinary record made approval unlikely, but Azer asked her to submit the application.
• As Azer turned to leave, he activated an imperceptible power, and Claudia’s expression shifted in response.

Claudia noticed that her Pure Star Radiant Armaments reacted to Azer and decided to help him obtain one. After several days of ordinary school life, Azer learned that his application had been approved, and Claudia told him to finish the paperwork and accompany her to the Equipment Bureau.

• After Azer left the Student Council Office, Claudia felt her Activation Devices tremble and became interested in him.
• Claudia considered helping Azer, wondering why Pandora had reacted to him despite his absence from her dreams.
• Azer believed Claudia's support could help his Pure Star Radiant Armament application pass and left the courtyard hoping he had caught her attention.
• Over the following days, Azer attended classes, trained, and followed Seidoukan Academy news online.
• Claudia came to Azer's classroom and told him his application had been approved, then asked him to complete the paperwork and go with her to the Equipment Bureau.

Azer accompanied Claudia to Seidoukan Academy’s Equipment Bureau to undergo an assessment for borrowing a Pure Star Radiant Armament. The chapter ended with Azer facing the available weapons and deciding which one to test.

• Azer told Claudia that her visit to his classroom had drawn attention to him, and she explained that borrowing a Pure Star Radiant Armament would make his information public anyway.
• Claudia explained that Azer needed a Suitability Rate of at least eighty percent and could assess only one weapon per application.
• Claudia led Azer to the Equipment Bureau’s assessment room, where staff prepared to evaluate him.
• Azer examined the available Pure Star Radiant Armaments and hesitated over which one to choose.

Azer chose the Black Furnace Magic Sword, a powerful Pure Star Radiant Armament and the weapon selected by the story’s future protagonist, then activated it for testing. Its consciousness judged him and withdrew, leaving him with an eight percent suitability rate as he prepared to begin.

• Azer compared the available Pure Star Radiant Armaments and chose the Black Furnace Magic Sword despite knowing the original protagonist would choose it later.
• Claudia reacted with alarm to Azer’s choice and pressed a hand against the holster at her waist.
• The laboratory delivered the sword’s Activation Device to Azer, and he activated it, forming the Black Furnace Magic Sword.
• Laboratory staff identified the weapon as one of the Four-Colored Magic Swords and discussed its power and the difficulty of wielding it.
• Azer sensed the sword’s consciousness scrutinizing him before it lost interest, and staff announced his suitability rate was eight percent.

Azer bonded with the Black Furnace Magic Sword, awakening its full power and pushing their Suitability Rate beyond the measurable limit. After completing the loan paperwork with Claudia, he left with the sword approved for him, while Claudia realized the future had changed.

• Azer grasped the Black Furnace Magic Sword, and gilded markings spread from his body into the weapon as it erupted with overwhelming heat.
• The Black Furnace Magic Sword recognized Azer as its master and became his first exclusive armament, while his Suitability Rate surged past 100% and became unmeasurable.
• Azer calmed the Black Furnace Magic Sword and told it he looked forward to working with it as the testing ground cooled.
• Azer completed the loan procedures with Claudia, who told him the Equipment Bureau would hand over the Black Furnace Magic Sword after its final adjustments and investigation.
• Claudia murmured that the future had changed, then advised Azer to use the difficult-to-control weapon properly.

Azer tested the Black Furnace Magic Sword, discovering that it could change size and that wielding it consumed enormous amounts of Star Power. The sword then used its own power to strengthen Azer, but he stopped it when he realized the sacrifice was weakening it.

• Azer activated the Black Furnace Magic Sword and changed its oversized greatsword form into a smaller, more nimble sword.
• Azer wielded the sword with uncanny skill but stopped when its Star Power consumption left him drained.
• The Black Furnace Magic Sword released Omni-Response Element into Azer, rapidly increasing his Star Power and physical abilities.
• Azer realized the sword was sacrificing its own power to strengthen him and forcibly stopped the release.

Azer stopped the Black Furnace Magic Sword from sacrificing her power, then discovered that ordinary Omni-Response Ore could increase his physical abilities and Star Power with her help. He sought Claudia’s assistance in obtaining a large supply of ore without exposing his secret.

• The Black Furnace Magic Sword sulked after Azer ordered her not to sacrifice her power without his permission.
• Azer realized that Black Furnace could help him use Omni-Response Element from other sources to improve his abilities.
• Azer and Black Furnace used the Omni-Response Ore in a Huang-style Armament, increasing his strength before the ore shattered.
• Azer decided he needed a large quantity of Omni-Response Ore but could not think of a discreet way to obtain it.
• Azer asked Claudia for a large supply of Omni-Response Ore, and she reacted with surprise.

Azer asked Claudia to obtain a large supply of Omni-Response Ore for his training, and she secured the academy’s support because he was expected to compete in the Star Martial Festival. After the ore arrived at an underground vault, Azer prepared to use it with the Black Furnace Magic Sword.

• Azer told Claudia that he needed Omni-Response Ore for his training, and she agreed to help.
• Claudia explained that Seidoukan Academy would support Azer because it hoped he would improve the academy’s Star Martial Festival results.
• Azer remembered Claudia’s help with the ore and the Pure Star Radiant Armaments, and resolved to repay her kindness.
• Claudia arranged for the academy to deliver the Omni-Response Ore to an underground vault.
• Azer reached the vault after class, found a mountain of ore, and approached it with the Black Furnace Magic Sword’s Activation Device.

Azer stopped absorbing Omni-Response Element when his rapidly rising strength began to undermine his control, then tested the Black Furnace Magic Sword and decided he was strong enough to enter Seidoukan Academy’s rankings. With the Official Ranking Battle three days away, he chose a ranked student outside Page One’s Twelve to challenge.

• Azer halted his strengthening after noticing he was losing control of his body and Star Power.
• Azer tested the Black Furnace Magic Sword and found he could sustain its normal output for over an hour.
• Azer concluded that his current abilities could earn him a place in the Inscribed Sacrifice Book and considered challenging Page One’s Twelve.
• Azer checked the schedule and learned the Official Ranking Battle would begin in three days, with registration opening the day before.
• Azer selected the first name on the second page of the Inscribed Sacrifice Book and tapped the challenge button.

Seidoukan Academy’s second Official Ranking Battle of the year drew a packed crowd, eager to see Ranked First Gale Blade Lightning defend her position. Azer waited among the competitors, and the chapter ended as his emblem lit and he was called to his next duel.

• Students and reporters filled the arena to watch Seidoukan Academy’s monthly Official Ranking Battle.
• Yulis and Claudia discussed Gale Blade Lightning, the thirteen-year-old first-year who had claimed Ranked First, and whether she could hold the position.
• Claudia hinted that another duel interested her more than the Ranked First match, but she did not reveal which one.
• The opening participants entered the stage as the Official Ranking Battle began.
• Azer waited in the competitors’ area until his emblem lit and the announcement called him to his next duel; he felt exhilarated.

Azer entered the Official Ranking Battle to face ranked thirteenth Yakutdi Van Ken, drawing attention as a new user of the Black Furnace Magic Sword. The duel was about to begin, with Azer asking Arctite to show him the strength of a top-ranked student.

• Azer and his named opponent, Yakutdi Van Ken, entered the arena as spectators learned that Azer was an unranked student wielding the Pure Star Radiant Armament called the Black Furnace Magic Sword.
• Claudia told Yulis that she had handled Azer's application to borrow the weapon and looked forward to seeing how much of its power he could use.
• Azer assessed Arctite Vanken as a worthy first opponent, while Arctite warned him that owning a Pure Star Radiant Armament did not guarantee top-tier strength.
• Azer smiled at Arctite's concern, drew his pitch-black Activation Device, and released crimson radiance across the stage.

Azer fought Yakutdi Van Ken in an official Seidoukan Academy ranking battle, overcoming Yakutdi’s prepared firearm with speed and precise swordsmanship. Azer destroyed Yakutdi’s gun and struck toward his school badge, leaving the duel’s outcome unresolved.

• Azer and Yakutdi activated their school badges, which announced the start of their official ranking battle.
• Yakutdi retreated and fired a barrage from his G12 Model Light Shotgun to keep Azer at a distance.
• Azer dodged the first shots with surprising speed, then charged through the barrage by deflecting and cutting apart the bullets with the Black Furnace Magic Sword.
• Azer closed the distance and sliced Yakutdi’s gun apart.
• Azer’s Black Furnace Magic Sword slashed toward Yakutdi’s school badge.

Azer defeated Yakutdi with a sudden burst of speed after using the Black Furnace Magic Sword’s heat to propel himself and his blade. His victory stunned the spectators and marked him as a new powerhouse at Seidoukan Academy.

• Yakutdi discarded his damaged Gun-Type Huang-style Armament and drew the katana-shaped weapon he specialized in, planning to dodge Azer’s attacks.
• Azer released the Black Furnace Magic Sword’s heat as a hot wind, then used it to propel himself toward Yakutdi at tremendous speed.
• Azer struck Yakutdi across the chest, ending the duel and earning the victory.
• Claudia explained to Yulis that Azer had used the sword’s hot wind like a thruster to accelerate his movement and slash.
• The spectators and ranked students watched Azer with shock and wariness, recognizing him as a new powerhouse who might rise among Page One’s Twelve.

After defeating Arctite, Azer reflected on how his Black Furnace hot-wind fighting style compensated for his limits and planned to grow stronger with Omni-Response Ore before the Phoenix Star Martial Festival. He watched Toudou Kirin swiftly defeat her challenger and began considering her Gale Blade Lightning.

• Azer thanked Black Furnace and concluded that using hot wind to accelerate himself made his new fighting style effective, though it rapidly consumed Star Power.
• Azer planned to absorb Omni-Response Ore in stages over the next two months and expected to approach the strength of Page One's Twelve before the Phoenix Star Martial Festival.
• Azer remembered that the festival was a two-person team event and began thinking about the need for a partner.
• Azer watched the highly anticipated duel between Ranked First Toudou Kirin and the tenth-ranked Middle School Department student.
• Toudou Kirin overwhelmed her opponent with swordsmanship, severed her school emblem, and won in under a minute.
• Azer watched Kirin's victory and began contemplating Gale Blade Lightning.

After defending her Rank First position, Toudou Kirin met Azer in the arena corridor and praised his weapon-focused swordsmanship. As Kirin hurried away after receiving a harsh call, Azer announced that he would challenge her by name in next month’s Official Ranking Battle.

• Spectators discussed Toudou Kirin defending Rank First and Azer defeating Yakutdi Van Ken to take Rank Thirteen.
• Toudou Kirin hurried through the arena corridor and nearly collided with Azer, who warned her to watch where she was going.
• Kirin recognized Azer and praised his swordsmanship, then observed that it seemed designed to bring out the weapon’s full potential.
• Azer acknowledged Kirin’s insight and complimented her own swordsmanship, while Kirin blushed at his praise.
• Kirin received a harsh call ordering her to come over and apologized to Azer before leaving.
• Azer told Kirin that he would challenge her by name in next month’s Official Ranking Battle.

Azer named Toudou Kirin as his challenger for next month’s Official Ranking Battle, but her uncle ordered her to defeat him to preserve her top ranking and save her father. That night, Azer sneaked toward Seidoukan Academy’s Girls’ Dormitory.

• Azer told Toudou Kirin he would challenge her in next month’s Official Ranking Battle and left her with his words on her mind.
• Toudou Kirin met her burly uncle, who questioned her about Azer and learned he had chosen her as his next opponent.
• Toudou Kirin’s uncle insisted she remain Ranked First, ordered her to study Azer’s abilities, and reminded her that she had to obey him to save her father.
• Toudou Kirin followed her uncle away, troubled by his demands and remembering Azer’s promise to ease her heavy expression.
• Azer arrived at the Girls’ Dormitory at night and quietly slipped toward the building.