Recaps

Ron and Nora visited the old woman's grave, where Ron promised to take responsibility for Nora's future. Back at the shop, he encouraged Nora to hire clerks and learn to manage future Flower Shop branches.

• Ron and Nora walked from the Flower Shop to the cemetery on the eastern hill while Yuna followed in shadow.
• Nora told the old woman about the past year, the Flower Shop, and Ron as they paid their respects at her grave.
• Ron thanked the old woman for caring for Nora and promised to be responsible for her life from then on.
• Ron told Nora to recruit clerks and learn to manage staff for future Flower Shop branches, and Nora agreed to write a notice.
• Yuna complained that Ron and Nora had been too affectionate on their walk, and Ron teased her for being jealous.

Ron gave Nora the ability to teleport between the two flower shops, and she traveled safely to the Imperial Capital. After the Flower Shop quests ended, Ron chose the Elemental Cards quest as his new main quest, then wondered what changing it had accomplished.

• Ron spent 50,000 Wealth Points to give Nora a secondary Spatial Transmission authorization.
• Nora traveled through the storeroom to the Imperial Capital shop, where Ron reassured her and showed her the snowy city.
• Ron told Nora to manage employees at both shops and asked her to write recruitment notices before returning to Chaos City.
• Ron read the system updates and learned that Flower Shop quests would no longer be issued.
• Ron chose [Sell Elemental Cards] as the next main quest, which required making Elemental Cards popular throughout the Imperial Capital in exchange for Elemental Potato seeds and a cultivation method.
• Ron questioned why the quest's requirements and rewards had not changed when it became the main quest.

Ron negotiated with the Imperial City Magic Academy to fund a laboratory researching uses for his special plants, leaving with a preliminary agreement and plans to bring Guy from Chaos City to help with future negotiations.

• Ron crushed his unwanted system panel skins for fragments, then left the shop frustrated by the poor return.
• Ron met with the dean of instruction and the experimental district's head at the Imperial City Magic Academy to discuss investing in a laboratory.
• Ron explained that he would choose research subjects, supply special plants and funding, and hire academy magicians to explore ways to use the plants.
• The academy representatives agreed to discuss the arrangement and asked for rights to use the laboratory's discoveries.
• Ron completed a pleasant round of negotiations and rode back to the convent, thinking that he should bring Guy from Chaos City to assist him.

Ron reunited with Mia and Irene at the Goddess of Harvest Cathedral, where Mia questioned his night away before reporting that rival hotpot restaurants had opened across the Northern Territory. He advised her to continue the expansion and rely on their superior seasonings and a price campaign to compete.

• Ron arrived at the Goddess of Harvest Cathedral and greeted Mia and Irene.
• Mia accused Ron of spending the night fooling around with Soven, and Ron brushed off her questions.
• Mia told Ron that the Northern Duke and the Grain and Medicine Trade Alliance had opened hotpot restaurants in more than a dozen Northern Territory cities.
• Ron told Mia to follow the original expansion plan and said their restaurant could undercut rivals, attract customers with better seasonings, and win on taste.

Ron brought Sylvie to the Chaos City flower shop through the spatial passage and gave her authorization to use it. There, he finalized recruitment notices while Sylvie watched his increasingly close relationship with Nora and wondered how long it would last.

• Ron reassured Mia and Irene, then agreed to let Sylvie accompany him around the Imperial Capital.
• Ron spent 50,000 wealth points to grant Sylvie spatial-transfer authorization and led her through the passage to the Chaos City flower shop.
• Ron told Sylvie to keep the passage's method secret, though its existence could not be hidden.
• Nora showed Ron the two recruitment notices, and he set the employees' pay at twenty silver coins per week.
• Ron explained that Nora would manage the shop's loose money instead of receiving a fixed salary, while Sylvie watched their affectionate exchange and worried Ron might treat Nora as Soven treated his partners.

Nora took on more responsibility managing the flower shops while Ron visited Harper to check on his research into Scale Leaf. Harper reported that the plant could heal nearly every physical ailment, but it spoiled quickly and would work best as the main ingredient in a healing potion.

• Nora paid the Imperial City Flower Shop’s two new assistants and planned to learn bulk plant sales so she could ease Guy’s workload.
• Ron told Nora he would visit Harper and the Imperial City Magic Academy laboratory, while Nora stayed behind to discuss business with Guy and customers.
• Ron returned to Chaos City and reflected on the winter war’s early end, the Empire’s efforts to develop its own Explosive Potion, and his decision to postpone opening more branches.
• Ron visited Harper, who said he had completed foundational research on Scale Leaf and handed Ron his findings.
• Harper explained that Scale Leaf healed most physical injuries and ailments but withered within ten days of being picked, so it would be best used to make a healing potion.

Ron gave Harper’s research on Scale Leaf to Dunlop, who proposed developing several healing potions from it, and backed the laboratory’s work. He also learned that Yuna might soon leave the shop for a secret-division mission and returned to the Flower Shop.

• Harper told Ron he could give his Scale Leaf research report to anyone, and Ron left the laboratory with it.
• Ron found Nora taking notes during a partnership discussion, then visited Yuna at the café, where she said she might soon be sent on a mission.
• Ron told Yuna to inform him before leaving so he could give her something, then went to his laboratory at Imperial City Magic Academy.
• Dunlop proposed making an all-purpose healing potion first and developing targeted potions alongside it, and Ron approved the plan and supplied Scale Leaves.
• Ron left Dunlop to begin the research and returned to the Flower Shop.

Gil reported that Elemental Cards had spread widely among nobles, especially through Magic Duel, while commoner sales remained modest. Ron planned a second Noble Edition release, though he had replaced only four cards, and reflected that the system had turned him into a ruthless salesman.

• Gil told Ron that noble ladies, elderly lords, and young noble scions had embraced Elemental Cards, with Magic Duel especially popular among the young.
• Gil explained that the commoner edition sold more copies overall but attracted less interest because commoners had little leisure time or spare money.
• Ron asked about counterfeit cards, and Gil said they posed little threat because the authentic commoner deck was cheap and durable.
• Gil suggested replacing the noble edition’s spells to renew interest, and Ron said the second run had already entered mass production.
• After Gil left, Ron reflected that the system had led him astray and changed how he approached selling to customers.

Ron spent a quiet afternoon fishing and sharing a meal with Nora, teaching her to reel in a fish before a royal summons interrupted their plans. He left Nora to prepare the fish at home and went to the palace to meet Andre III, unsure why his father had called him.

• Nora told Ron about the Flower Shop’s recent contracts and said she had advanced Jolina’s wages and wanted to give her father Scale Leaves.
• Ron reassured Nora that she could give Jolina the healing leaves, then taught her how to catch a fish at Impaxiu Lake.
• Ron and Nora decided to take the fish home for dinner, and Ron told her he preferred her growing her hair long.
• Court guards arrived with an invitation from Andre III, and Ron boarded their carriage for the palace while Nora returned home.

Ron attended dinner with Andre III, who questioned him about his business and urged him to attend the Winter Feast Festival banquet. Ron returned to the Flower Shop late at night, where Nora welcomed him and offered fish soup.

• Ron joined Andre III for dinner, and Andre III asked about the Flower Shop and Ron’s involvement with the academies and laboratory.
• Andre III warned Ron that his sales of Nether Orchids and Golden Red Chrysanthemums gave him the power of a monopoly, while Ron denied wanting power.
• Andre III told Ron to attend the Winter Feast Festival banquet and suggested he use the occasion to consider marriage.
• Ron left the palace and returned to the Flower Shop late at night.
• Nora greeted Ron as he embraced her from behind and offered him fish soup.

Betty joined a school visit to Imperial City First Military Academy while hoping to run into Prince Ron, but her chance encounter plan failed. During free exploration, she and her friends investigated a commotion and learned that Leticia was watching two powerful young men argue over her.

• Betty reflected on her failed efforts to see Prince Ron again and compared him favorably with her classmates.
• Betty's teacher warned the visiting students not to get involved in trouble at First Military Academy, then led them on a tour.
• After the tour, Betty and her two friends explored the academy and heard a commotion near the training grounds.
• Betty suggested they investigate from the outskirts, and the girls asked a male student what was happening.
• The student explained that Leticia, the Northern Duke's granddaughter, was at the center of an argument between the Eastern Duke's grandson and General Moen's son.
• Betty saw Leticia calmly laughing as the two young men argued over invitations to hunt and dine with her.

Luo Wei'er defeated Wodesen in a Magic Duel to settle their dispute, but the loser attacked him after the match, sending the crowd scattering as someone warned that a teacher was coming.

• Betty learned that Luo Wei'er and Wodesen had agreed to settle their argument with a Magic Duel.
• Luo Wei'er won the first round 3–0 after Wodesen used a powerful card poorly.
• Wodesen drew two trump cards and damaged Luo Wei'er twice, but Luo Wei'er still won the second round 3–2.
• Betty criticized Wodesen's play, then fell silent when her friend warned her to keep her voice down.
• Wodesen attacked Luo Wei'er after the duel, and the crowd scattered as people shouted for him to stop and warned that a teacher was coming.

Ron learned that Luo Wei'er had been badly beaten after losing an Elemental Cards Magic Duel at the First Military Academy, and he took the news as an opportunity to act. He left Soven at the Magic Club and headed off, leaving Soven still asking for tea leaves.

• Ron met Soven at the Queen Street Magic Club, where Soven asked him to cover for his affair with a noble young lady when Penny arrived.
• After Penny left and Soven returned, Ron asked him about news concerning Elemental Cards.
• Soven told Ron that Wodesen and Luo Wei'er had fought over the chance to date Leticia after Wodesen lost their Magic Duel.
• Wodesen attacked Luo Wei'er, who was badly beaten before the military academy teachers intervened.
• Ron called the news good and left, while Soven chased after him to ask for the promised tea leaves.

Ron told Gil to turn the brawl involving Wodesen, Leticia, and Luo Wei'er into sensational gossip that promoted Elemental Cards. The rumors spread across the Imperial Capital, drawing curious buyers to the cards ahead of the second series.

• Ron rejected Gil's plan to limit the damage to Elemental Cards' reputation and told him to use the brawl for publicity.
• Ron advised Gil to exaggerate the story, mix truth with rumors, and discreetly link the coverage to Elemental Cards.
• Gil embraced Ron's approach and proposed spreading more related stories to build a wave of public attention.
• Dramatic, conflicting versions of the brawl and rumors about nobles obsessively playing Elemental Cards spread throughout the Imperial Capital.
• Curious people, including some middle-class commoners, bought Elemental Cards to see what had captivated the nobles.

Ron reviewed the surging sales of Elemental Cards and discussed new Magic Duel expansions with Gil, while the main quest remained incomplete. He invited Mia and Irene to the Flower Shop the next day to give them plants, including skin-nourishing tree resin.

• Nora told Ron that Jolina’s father had recovered after receiving a Scale Leaf, and that Jolina wanted to repay its value by accepting half her salary.
• After War of the Gods ended, Ron reviewed the Elemental Cards sales and noted that the second wave’s rare cards and revised Magic Duel rules had sharply increased demand.
• Gil proposed adding White Magic and Black Magic systems to Elemental Cards, and Ron marveled at Gil’s knack for business ideas.
• Ron spoke with Mia through the Doll, heard about the hotpot restaurants’ struggles against competitors, and invited Mia and Irene to dinner at the Flower Shop the next afternoon.
• Mia asked for skin-nourishing tree resin, and Ron agreed to have it ready for her and Irene.

Ron finalized sponsorship for the spring martial exhibition, securing advertising space to promote Elemental Cards, then returned to the Flower Shop. Mia and Irene arrived at the shop and went upstairs to meet him.

• Ron agreed with the academy organizers to provide plants, medicinal leaves, and ten thousand gold coins in exchange for advertising space at the spring martial exhibition.
• Sylvie stayed behind to discuss having nuns provide emergency treatment during the exhibition.
• Ron visited Soven, who bragged about his encounters the previous night and asked Ron about the brawling incident at First Military Academy.
• Ron explained that the spring martial exhibition could help him expand Elemental Cards and returned to the Flower Shop with Sylvie.
• Mia and Irene arrived with attendants carrying packages, sent the attendants to deliver them to the palace, and went upstairs to find Ron.

Mia and Irene visited Ron’s flower shop, enjoyed the Spice Fir resin, and left with gifts. Later, Yuna told Ron she had a mission in the Dwarf Kingdom, and he gave her a Doll that transformed into her exact likeness, prompting her to call him a pervert.

• Ron showed Mia and Irene the shop’s plants, and they chose Spice Fir resin for its skin and anti-aging effects.
• Nora and Yuna applied resin masks to Mia and Irene, then the four women played War of the Gods and shared Ron’s dinner.
• Mia and Irene received full-body resin treatments, rested, and left with resin and Heart-Connecting Vines from Ron.
• Yuna visited Ron late at night and told him she had received a mission in the Dwarf Kingdom, though she had not chosen when to leave.
• Ron gave Yuna a True Person version Doll, which transformed into her likeness, and she shouted that he was a pervert.

Ron gave Yuna two durable Dolls that she could control remotely, allowing her to support her mission without leaving the shop in person. The next morning, Yuna revealed she had already sent the Dolls ahead and stayed behind, while Ron ordered her to return to work.

• Ron explained that Yuna could control the first Doll with her consciousness, and Yuna tested it and praised the gift.
• Ron gave Yuna a second Doll in her little-girl form so a double could remain at the shop and keep Nora informed.
• Yuna asked Ron for a reward, but he told her to rest and leave for her mission, so she disappeared into the ceiling.
• The next morning, Yuna revealed that she had sent the two Dolls ahead while she stayed at the shop and controlled them remotely.
• Ron ordered Yuna to return to watching the shop, and Yuna called him a pervert before leaving.

Ron learned that Harper had been badly injured in a massive laboratory explosion, then checked on the Divine Tree’s transformation and delivered its new scale leaves for testing. He also learned the healing potion research was progressing and agreed that his laboratory would guide academy students and seek promising recruits.

• Ron rushed to the Magic Academy after learning Harper had been injured in a laboratory explosion, and Edith told him the blast had destroyed several nearby labs.
• The vice principal stabilized Harper, though he warned that Harper’s severe loss of vitality might affect his lifespan; Ron left scale leaves with Edith for Harper to use when he woke.
• Ron visited the Divine Tree and found its transformation into an Emerald Cypress spreading upward, with completion expected in two or three months.
• Ron collected the newly grown leaves and instructed the missionaries to preserve them, then took one to Dunlop for comparative experiments.
• Dunlop reported that the comprehensive healing potion prototype was being tested, and Ron told him to prioritize safety and continue the research patiently.
• Ron agreed that his laboratory would guide students on academy tours and experiments, while looking for promising graduates to recruit.

Ron and Nora watched the Spring Martial Tournament’s opening ceremony and its first team match, where the Northern Frontier defeated the Imperial Capital’s second-ranked team. Inspired by the crowd and the battle, Ron wondered whether Elemental Cards could host its own Magic Duel tournament.

• Ron and Nora watched the opening ceremony from a private box and discussed the differences in strength between the regions’ contestants.
• Ron told Nora he had not competed because he was a prince, though he had actually lacked the qualifications and planned to recruit talented contestants instead.
• The Northern Frontier’s team faced the Imperial Capital’s second-ranked team in the tournament’s opening match.
• The Northern Frontier captain was the last member standing and secured victory after a fierce battle.
• Ron watched the crowd’s excitement and suggested holding an Elemental Cards Magic Duel tournament.

After the opening match, Ron decided to turn an empty shop on Central Street into a Magic Duel venue, though he doubted the game was popular enough yet to support a tournament. He laid out plans with Nora for the first floor and a skill-based ranking system, while leaving the question of how commoners could safely compete unresolved.

• Ron considered holding a Magic Duel tournament but concluded that too few players and spectators were interested for it to be worthwhile yet.
• Ron assigned Nora to oversee renovating the Central Street shop into a Magic Duel venue, with Guy helping her contact a renovation crew.
• Ron and Nora discussed dividing the first floor between casual two-player matches and spectator-style matches, then expanding the other floors based on demand.
• Ron proposed five skill-based tiers across the seven floors, with promotion and demotion rules to keep players competing.
• Nora asked whether commoners could participate, and Ron worried that noble youths might retaliate if they lost to commoners.

Ron and Nora planned the Magic Battle Hall, including its rules, staff training, and ways to earn money. As northern soldiers returned to the Imperial Capital, Ron spotted the First Prince, Eli Andre, and recognized that his sudden rise had drawn the attention of rival princes; he ended the chapter by inviting Nora to dinner.

• Nora proposed separating commoners and nobles into different floors at first, then allowing them to duel together on the fifth floor, and Ron approved her plan.
• Ron explained that the Magic Battle Hall could earn money through drinks, private rooms, events, and limited-edition Elemental Cards, and told Nora to recruit and train staff with Gil's help.
• Ron named the shop the Magic Battle Hall.
• On January 30, the first returning soldiers from the northern border entered the Imperial Capital as citizens and spring martial exhibition teams watched.
• Ron spotted the First Prince, Eli Andre, in the soldiers' procession and reflected on how his rise as the Seventh Prince had made him a contender noticed by the other princes.
• Nora brushed snow from Ron's clothes, and he kissed her hand and invited her to dinner.

As the Winter Food Festival banquet approached, Ron and Soven discussed their female companions while trying on formalwear. Ron took Nora as his companion to the palace, teasing her about sharing his bed after the banquet.

• Ron asked Soven whether he had chosen a female companion, and Soven said he had no choice but to take Penny.
• Soven complained that Penny had interrupted his attempt to pursue Peria, while Ron mocked his excuses for juggling relationships.
• Ron left the clothing shop to meet his female companion, and Mia and Irene brought Nora out in a sky-blue evening gown.
• Ron praised Nora's appearance and escorted her to the banquet, joking that he would punish her by making her accompany him to bed.
• Nora blushed and agreed to accompany Ron as they left Queen Street by carriage for the palace.

At the Winter Food Festival banquet, Luo Wei'er arrived with Leticia, whom he had won over through Magic Duel and a prized Elemental Card. Wodesen challenged him to another duel, and Luo Wei'er agreed to choose the time and place.

• The Empire celebrated the Winter Food Festival with a palace banquet honoring fallen soldiers and those who served in the winter war.
• Luo Wei'er gave Leticia a rare fire-element K Elemental Card, and she happily accepted his affection.
• Luo Wei'er reflected on how he had planned their Magic Duel rivalry to win Leticia's heart, despite being beaten by Wodesen.
• Luo Wei'er and Leticia joined the young nobles at the banquet, where Wodesen renewed his challenge to a Magic Duel.
• Luo Wei'er agreed to duel Wodesen again and said he would decide the time and place.

Nora attended a royal banquet with Ron and gradually relaxed as he reassured her. After the banquet began, Ron and Soven ignored the networking and focused on eating, until Mia arrived to scold them and warn Nora about Soven.

• Ron escorted Nora into the banquet hall, where she felt overwhelmed by the crowd and accepted a wet wipe from Penny.
• Soven joked with Ron and showed off his affection for Penny while the two princes waited for the banquet to begin.
• Andre III gave a speech and officially opened the banquet, prompting guests to gather around the food and seek out influential people.
• Ron and Soven sat down to eat while Nora worried about the attention around them, and Ron reassured her that he was not interested in networking.
• Mia scolded Ron and Soven for their behavior and warned Nora not to let Ron spend too much time with Soven, while Irene complained that Mia had left her alone.