Recaps

Ron expanded the Flower Shop’s business, prepared Elemental Card production, and helped Mia and Lyle plan a hotpot barbecue restaurant in the Imperial Capital. After the Harvest Goddess’s ritual made him her Agent, Ron gained a Puppet Tree and began organizing nuns and renovations while the orc army’s attacks on three passes failed.

• Ron hired Guy to manage Elemental Card production and sales, bought a factory, and ordered him to acquire riverside land near the Bondless Mountains.
• Ron split Elemental Cards into a noble edition and a cheaper commoner edition, while Harper reported promising results from the Scale Vine experiments.
• Ron entertained Mia and Irene at the Flower Shop, and Mia proposed opening a hotpot restaurant in the Imperial Capital with Lyle after Count Walton’s steward pressured him to sell his barbecue shop.
• Ron and Nora attended the Harvest Goddess’s ritual, where Sylvie bestowed Heveste’s Life Belt and declared Ron the Goddess’s Agent.
• Ron’s plants drew major orders and agreements from churches, nobles, and other races, earning him more than fifty thousand in deposits and sales and completing his sales quest.
• Ron planted the Puppet Tree Seed, gained the ability to project his consciousness into its fruits, and used the puppets to monitor his shop and tend his plants.
• Ron assigned Sylvie to recruit nuns, bought Lyle’s barbecue shop, and began planning its renovation as Mia and Lyle prepared to leave for the Imperial Capital.
• After the orc army withdrew from North Guard Pass, Beast Abyss Pass, and Dusk Snow Pass, Ron learned that twenty-three second-rank magician sisters would soon arrive and heard Harper’s latest findings on Scale Vine.

Ron expanded his Elemental Card production and businesses while recruiting Yuna and helping Mia plan a hotpot restaurant. Scale Vine proved effective against werewolves, prompting the elf priest to seek cooperation with Ron, as Mia’s restaurant opened on Central Street.

• Edith showed the Elf Priestess Harper’s thesis, and the Priestess planned to test Scale Vine against fleeing beastmen before discussing future supply with Ron.
• Ron and Gil developed a marketing plan for noble and commoner editions of Elemental Cards, while Ron used the nuns’ magic to produce thousands of decks for sale.
• Yuna arrived at Ron’s shop as a spy for Andre III, but Ron hired her and later learned she claimed to be his aunt and had been trained in the covert division.
• Ron cultivated Heart-Connecting Vines and used them to automate card handling, while Ilya helped him install warning arrays around his factory and land.
• Ron taught Nora to cook, while Mia promoted hotpot to Andre III and chose a Central Street location for her restaurant with Ron’s guidance.
• Ron made a mahjong set, gave Heart-Connecting Vines to Magic Academy assistants, and sampled Yuna’s experimental drinks.
• Livim and the elves fought orcs and werewolves, and a young elf survived a werewolf’s attack because his Scale Vine shielded him.
• The elf priest reported Scale Vine’s success to the empress and set out for Chaos City to discuss cooperation with Ron, who reached the second warrior rank and received a quest to expand hotpot barbecue restaurants.
• Betty visited Mia’s crowded Central Street shop with Viscount Karl and his wife, tried grilling pork belly, received a Noble Edition Elemental Cards deck, and went upstairs to meet Mia and her guests.

Ron expanded his plant business, developed the Puppet Doll, and prepared to open a Flower Shop branch in the Imperial Capital. As he traveled north under an alias, rumors cast him as a threat to the throne, and his convoy reached the capital amid public suspicion.

• Betty concealed her free Elemental Cards at Mia’s restaurant, where Mia promoted hotpot, barbecue, and the game to the young nobles.
• Ron cultivated the Spice Fir, harvested its fruits and resin, and used its products to improve Nora’s eyesight and help Yuna repair hidden injuries.
• Ron and Mia agreed to open a hotpot branch in the Imperial Capital, while the elves contracted to buy at least three thousand Scale Vines each month.
• Ron completed his Scale Vine quest, grew an Emerald Cypress to upgrade the system, and created a lifelike Puppet Doll by parasitizing the Puppet Tree.
• Ron decided to open a Flower Shop branch in the Imperial Capital, reassured Nora that he would return to Chaos City, and left her a Doll that let him speak to her from afar.
• Ron traveled north with Sylvie’s convoy, survived an assassin’s attack at Stan City, and used Doll to keep in touch with Nora and Mia.
• Rumors spread that Ron threatened the throne, while battles at Dusk Snow Pass and North Guard Pass saw human forces repel or kill orc leaders.
• As Ron’s convoy reached the Imperial Capital, a city guard recognized him and loudly welcomed him, prompting bystanders to question his character and claim to the throne.

Ron returned to the Imperial Capital to establish a Flower Shop, but powerful factions bought up his chosen locations and tried to control his business. He secured three shops through cooperation with the academies, opened a route between the capital and Chaos City, and reunited with Nora before her visit to Grandma’s grave.

• Ron returned to the Imperial Capital, chose to stay at the convent, and told the Archbishop he planned to open a flower shop while learning which factions opposed him.
• Andre III invited Ron to dinner, served him hotpot, and played War of the Gods with him and Sylvie.
• Mia and Irene took Ron to inspect shop locations, but someone bought each one before he could secure it.
• Count Huo Qi offered Ron shops and other support in exchange for forty percent of the Flower Shop’s profits and control over its plants, but Ron refused.
• Ron ignored the factions courting him, supported the two academies with plants, and caught Soven Andre’s attention by making him fish for tea.
• Ron met the crimson-robed man, rejected the churches’ terms, and later agreed to cooperate with the academies, which acted against the factions targeting him.
• Felton and the Magic Academy’s dean helped Ron secure three shops, honorary status at First Military Academy, and a teaching assistant position under Professor Simmons.
• Ron opened the Meng Lisi Street shop, unlocked transmission between the Imperial Capital and Chaos City, and returned to find Nora preparing to visit Grandma’s grave.