Chapter Summaries

Roa destroyed the Magic Beasts threatening the academy gate and completed the mission, while Eris thanked him. Elsewhere, Lestia confronted Ying Zate and revealed that the nearly mindless girl beside her was Ren Ashbel.

• Roa used the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword to destroy the Magic Beasts and reduce the academy gate’s courtyard to rubble.
• Eris thanked Roa, and he teased her about how badly the beasts could have injured her.
• Roa left the remaining matters to the Wind King Knights and looked toward a distant spot with a smile.
• Lestia rebuked Ying Zate for boasting about being the Demon King's successor and said he was inferior to Ren Ashbel.
• A nearly mindless girl appeared beside Lestia, and the chapter identified her as Ren Ashbel, the former Blade Dance champion.

Lestia reflected on how Ren Ashbel was corrupted by Otherworld Darkness and ordered Ying Zate to test Roa and lure him to her. After Roa reported the mission to Grevias, she warned him to win the Sword Dance Festival as she sensed more trouble ahead.

• Lestia recalled that a space-time disturbance had trapped Ren Ashbel in Otherworld Darkness for ten minutes, tainting her soul and changing her gender.
• Lestia decided to transfer the Dark Elf King’s power to another substitute and told Ying Zate to test Roa and lure him to her.
• Ying Zate accepted the task, while Lestia dismissed him as a pest and Ren Ashbel watched silently.
• Roa returned to the academy, sent Eris to the infirmary to rest, and reported the completed mission to Grevias.
• Grevias told Roa to win the Sword Dance Festival, and after he left, she sensed that a storm was brewing.

Roa continued teaching Claire swordsmanship while Est, jealous of the time they spent together, demanded to learn Blade Dance too. He calmed Est by promising a private outing, then took her to sample treats around the academy, where their close interaction drew blushing stares from students.

• Roa found Claire after academy matters delayed him and told her that a Magic Beast had attacked the academy before resuming her swordsmanship lesson.
• Est appeared in physical form, asked Roa to teach her Blade Dance, and argued with Claire over her closeness to him.
• Roa promised to take Est shopping for food and stay with her, persuading her to stop provoking Claire.
• Roa took Est around the academy to try different delicacies, and she ate her way along the street.
• Est offered Roa a bite of her ice cream, and nearby students blushed at their affectionate-looking interaction.

Roa spent the afternoon exploring the academy’s food street with Est, then returned to his dorm and entered the dream of Aresia’s battle with Solomon. The dream continued beyond the battle, ending as darkness engulfed Aresia.

• Roa watched Est enjoy tofu and other foods, marveling at how much she ate without showing it.
• Roa promised Est he would take her back to the food street, then worked on Purple Lightning before returning to his dorm.
• Est appeared beside Roa at bedtime, dressed after he asked her to cover up, and eventually fell asleep hugging him.
• Roa entered the dream and watched the aftermath of Aresia’s battle with Solomon.
• The holy sword’s light shattered, and the darkness beneath it swiftly engulfed Aresia.

Aresia became a Spirit Stone after Est’s curse-consuming power overwhelmed her, and Est sealed herself away, believing she was a demon sword that killed her masters. Roa later told Est that he knew what had happened and promised he would not abandon her.

• Aresia reassured Est that her transformation was not Est’s fault before becoming a crystal Spirit Stone.
• Est buried Aresia, realized her power’s curse could kill her masters, and sealed herself away from Spirit Users.
• Roa reflected on Est’s curse and wondered whether he could withstand its accumulated effects.
• After waking, Roa told Est he had seen her memories and knew about Aresia’s fate.
• Est admitted she had chosen Roa despite fearing she would hurt him, and Roa comforted her and promised not to abandon her.

Roa comforted Est, who kissed him and asked him not to die before her. He then met Linslet and Claire for team practice in the Spirit Forest, where their teacher Freya pointed out that their team had only three members.

• Roa reassured Est that he would not die easily, and Est asked him to promise he would not die before her.
• Eris found Roa and Est together, then invited them to breakfast before Roa left with Est.
• Roa visited Linslet and learned that she cooked and did the housework while her maid Carole slept and napped.
• Claire arrived at Linslet's dormitory, and Roa stopped the two girls from arguing so they could leave for practice.
• Roa, Est, Claire, and Linslet entered the Spirit Forest with their opponent team and supervising teacher Freya, who asked why their team had only three members.

Roa and his teammates entered the Elemental Spirit Realm for a mock match, where he defeated an opposing five-person team in seconds. Freya praised his strength but warned that his team still needed to build coordination if they hoped to win the Spirit Sword Dance Festival.

• Freya led Roa, Claire, and Linslet to the teleportation array and explained the mock match rules before sending them into the Elemental Spirit Realm.
• Roa attracted a swarm of spirits and drove them away with scorching Kamui as Freya announced the match would begin after both teams traveled in opposite directions.
• Roa ambushed the opposing team and defeated all five Spirit Users in less than five seconds, before they could deploy their Elf Magic Armor.
• Claire and Linslet reacted with shock to Roa's strength and grew excited about their chances of winning the Spirit Sword Dance Festival.
• Freya cautioned Roa, Claire, and Linslet that a victory led by Roa alone would not develop teamwork or coordination.

Roa trained Claire and Linslet, continued fighting teams, and spent time with Est as his confidence in his strength grew. When an unknown assailant threw a knight captain's sword through the library window, Roa caught it and turned toward the source.

• Roa offered to teach Linslet and Claire Sword Dance techniques, then trained them and practiced his own Blade Dance.
• Est borrowed Roa's Kamui, cuddled beside him as he worked on magic research, and slept in his arms.
• Over the following week, Roa trained Claire and Linslet and let them face teams before stepping in to defeat their opponents.
• Roa went to the library on a gloomy day and read while holding Est, as students watched him with growing admiration.
• An unknown object smashed the library window, and Roa caught the knight captain's sword and looked toward where it had come from.

Roa confronted the tattooed intruder Geo in the library and followed him into the Elf Forest to keep the fight away from the books. Geo revealed his Fang Wolf Spirit and prepared to fight, while Roa judged the spirit to be a Mid-tier Spirit and noticed something strange about its intelligence.

• Roa threw his Knight Sword at the black-robed man, but the man stopped it with a lightning-charged finger.
• Roa urged the students to leave and persuaded an upperclasswoman not to fight the intruder in the library.
• Est stood beside Roa as he agreed to take the man somewhere else to fight.
• The man led Roa through the academy to the Elf Forest, where he revealed that his name was Geo and admitted that others were behind him.
• Geo summoned Fang Wolf Spirit, a golden lightning wolf that Roa assessed as a Mid-tier Spirit.

Roa defeated Geo despite his multiple spirit contracts, then confronted Lestia and Ren, the dark spirit of Solomon. Ren manifested a Black Knight Longsword and identified Roa as the Sword of the Sage, the Blade That Pierces Truth, leaving him facing a powerful opponent.

• Roa killed Geo's Fang Wolf Spirit and overcame his Magic Light Spirit and Magic Mirror Spirit attacks.
• Geo manifested his Sword Spirit and lunged at Roa, but Roa dislocated his arm, threw him to the ground, and crippled his other arm.
• Geo summoned his Wind Spirit, but Roa resisted it and burned Geo with Kamui until Lestia and Ren emerged from the shadows.
• Lestia asked Roa to test whether his strength could bear a power, while Est recognized Ren as Solomon's sword, the dark spirit.
• Ren stepped forward, manifested a Black Knight Longsword, and called Roa the Sword of the Sage and the Blade That Pierces Truth.

Roa fought Ashbel, whose overwhelming power and mastery of Absolute Sword Technique revealed that she was Ren, the Successor of the Demon King. After Lestia offered to explain Ren’s power, Roa agreed to pierce her with the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword so Est could absorb some of her demonic energy.

• Roa summoned Est and fought Ashbel, but she matched his strength and drove him back with perfected Purple Lightning.
• Roa struck Ashbel with a kick, but she used demonic energy to absorb most of the impact and escaped uninjured.
• Roa and Ashbel clashed again, and she countered his fire dragon with Absolute Sword Technique before unleashing devastating dark thunder.
• Lestia told Roa that Ashbel’s power came from being the Successor of the Demon King and urged him to absorb her demonic energy with the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword.
• Roa agreed to Lestia’s plan, and Est accepted that she would absorb some of Ren’s cursed power as black mist gathered around Ashbel’s sword.

Roa defeated Ashbel in a fierce sword fight, leaving her alive so Lestia could restore her. Lestia offered Roa the power of a Demon King, assuring him that Ren had been fine and that Roa was strong enough to withstand it.

• Roa clashed with Ashbel, countered her sword techniques, and wounded her with a flaming slash.
• Roa kicked Ashbel away, then pursued her and unleashed the complete Thirteenth Form of Sun Breathing.
• Roa pierced Ashbel without striking a vital spot, and her Black Knight Longsword returned to Lestia's original form as Est absorbed the demonic energy.
• Lestia confirmed that Ashbel would survive and offered Roa the power of a Demon King.
• Roa hesitated over the risk of losing his mind, but Lestia assured him that Ren had been fine and that Roa's strength should protect him.

Lestia revealed that the world once had six Spirit Kings and that the five others killed the Dark Spirit King in the Spirit War. She offered the Dark Spirit King's power to Roa as a successor, leaving him to consider whether his body could withstand it.

• Roa asked Lestia why she wanted to give him power and what she would gain from it.
• Lestia explained that the Dark Spirit King was the sixth Spirit King and that the other five united against her in a war six thousand years ago.
• Lestia said Ren had been the intended successor, but Otherworld Darkness had corrupted her and threatened to turn her into an aggregate of resentment like Solomon.
• Lestia revealed that Roa's unusual strength and potential made him a suitable recipient for the Dark Spirit King's power.
• Roa considered the power's potential benefits, especially before meeting the Dragon God, but wondered whether his body could endure it.

Roa negotiated with Lestia over inheriting the Dark Spirit King's power and learned that the five Spirit Kings were becoming corrupted and would eventually plunge the world into chaos. After Est accepted his choice, Roa began a contract with Lestia, leaving him connected to the Elf Element World.

• Roa confirmed with the system that Pure Body and Fool would let him inherit the Dark Spirit King's power without being corrupted.
• Lestia offered Roa her power in exchange for killing the five Spirit Kings and explained that the Spirit Sword Dance Festival only temporarily calmed their growing madness.
• Roa hesitated over Est's feelings, but Est accepted his decision after he said he needed power to protect his family.
• Est dispersed her human form, and Lestia began the contract by kissing Roa.
• As the contract formed, Lian Ashbel's spirit crest vanished and a new crest appeared on Roa's left hand, opening a connection to the Elf Element World.

Roa absorbed Lestia’s power, destroyed the dark corruption in his soul, and confronted the Dark Spirit King within his mind. The Spirit King explained that the world faced destruction, prompting the world’s consciousness to offer Roa a mission to kill the rampaging Spirit Kings.

• Roa let the dark power enter his body, then used his Kamui and spiritual strength to destroy the corruption and silence its whispers.
• The Dark Spirit King appeared in Roa’s soul, resisted the blazing suns Roa created, and persuaded him to listen by warning that the world and Roa’s family were in danger.
• Roa summoned a water-made image of himself and ordered the Dark Spirit King to explain what it knew.
• The world’s consciousness issued Roa the mission to kill the rampaging Spirit Kings and offered rewards including the Power of Chaos and the Power of Origin.
• The Dark Spirit King recounted how the Spirit Kings brought true elements into their realm, fell into madness, and fought over true darkness and true light.
• The Dark Spirit King said it had reincarnated to avoid its rivals and created Lestia to guide its awakening, but admitted it had given true darkness to Lestia.

Roa devoured the Dark Spirit King, gained control of his power, and agreed to help Lestia destroy the Spirit Kings. After killing Geo, Roa brought Lestia to Grevias, where he challenged her about Lestia being her other disciple.

• Roa pressured the Dark Spirit King into passing on his power and devoured him, completing his Double Contract.
• Roa balanced his magic power, scorching divine might, and dark divine might, then told Lestia to call him Roa.
• Lestia chose to leave the unconscious Lian Ashbel with Grevias, and Roa carried her away while agreeing to help destroy the Spirit Kings.
• Roa confronted Geo, recognized that he was releasing spirits through other means rather than being a Spirit User, and killed and burned him.
• Roa and Lestia brought Lian Ashbel to Grevias's office, where Roa challenged Grevias about having another disciple.

Grevias agreed to look after Lian Ashbel, whose body had changed from a boy’s to a girl’s and whose memories were confused, while Roa prepared for the Spirit Sword Dance Festival. Roa tried to summon Est to comfort her, but she ignored him, leaving him to decide how to win her over.

• Grevias explained that Lian Ashbel had changed into a girl and was likely to remain confused for some time, then offered to take care of her.
• Grevias told Roa to prepare his team for the Spirit Sword Dance Festival, and Roa left her office with Lestia.
• Roa told Lestia he wanted them to think of each other as family, but Lestia vanished without answering.
• Roa opened a gate to the Elf Element World and tried to summon Est, but she gave no response.
• Roa suspected Est was angry after witnessing the events with Lian and decided he should keep trying to reach her.

Roa comforted Est after she feared he would abandon her, then took her out for food. Later, Claire told him about a devastating surge of black Kamui in the Elf Forest and wondered if he had caused it.

• Roa coaxed Est out by suggesting he might go find Lestia, and Est appeared and asked him to come closer.
• Est hugged Roa, kissed him, and asked him not to abandon her; Roa apologized and carried her out to get food.
• Roa and Est spent the day sampling food, and Est grew visibly happy.
• After school, Roa joined Claire and Linslet, and Claire told him the academy would hold a team competition the next afternoon.
• Claire asked Roa about the library attacker, then described how black Kamui had wiped out the middle of the Elf Forest and asked if Roa was responsible.

Roa spent time with Est and Lestia as they competed for his attention, while Eris warned him about the difficulties of having two Contract Spirits. The chapter ended with Lestia approaching the sleeping Est after Roa left the room.

• Roa excused himself from Claire and Linslet to spend time with Est, and the two girls resumed wrestling after he left.
• At Eris's dormitory, Est claimed Roa as hers while Lestia teased her and Eris warned Roa that Contract Spirits could negatively influence each other.
• After Eris went to bed and Lestia vanished, Est pressed close to Roa, and he eventually hugged her as they went to sleep.
• The next morning, Lestia tied Roa's hair and explained that spirits found him irresistible after tasting his power.
• After Roa left the room, Lestia crept toward the sleeping Est with a sly look.

Roa and Lestia agreed to let the amnesiac Ren Ashbel join their team, and Roa helped her begin training for the Sword Dance Festival. Just as the team settled into preparations, Velseria Eva Frangelto arrived.

• Lestia teased the sleeping Est, prompting an angry confrontation and an awkward misunderstanding with Eris.
• Roa and Lestia visited Ren Ashbel after she woke with no memories, and Lestia hid that they seemed to know each other.
• Grevias asked Roa and Lestia to let Ren Ashbel join their team, and they agreed on the condition that she receive a Spirit.
• Roa introduced Ren Ashbel to the team and trained her, finding that her Blade Dance skills returned quickly despite her lost memories.
• Velseria Eva Frangelto arrived, having become obsessed with power after losing to Ren Ashbel three years earlier.