Chapter Summaries

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.

At the banquet, Mia drew nobles into playing Magic Duel, while Ron watched Luo Wei'er and Wodesen dominate their matches. After learning the rivals had arranged a rematch, Ron stepped in with a proposal to make their duel fairer and ensure it could be completed before the investiture ceremony.

• Mia steered conversations toward Elemental Cards, and young nobles gathered to play Magic Duel around the banquet hall.
• Luo Wei'er played several opponents with his expanded collection, while Wodesen won match after match through careful practice and skill.
• Ron and Nora watched the games, and Ron learned that Wodesen and Luo Wei'er had arranged a rematch.
• After a noble suggested the rivals face off, Ron interrupted and proposed a best-of-five format before offering a way to finish the duel before the investiture ceremony.

Ron arranged for Wodesen and Luo Wei'er to hold their Magic Duel at his new Magic Battle Hall, then watched Andre III honor soldiers at the winter war decoration ceremony. At the dance afterward, Ron left Nora behind to use the restroom and accidentally revealed Soven and Penny’s secret tryst to nearby couples.

• Ron invited Wodesen and Luo Wei'er to duel at the Magic Battle Hall, and both agreed to attend.
• Ron told Nora to advertise the duel as a showdown between a general's son and a duke's grandson.
• Andre III praised the soldiers who fought in the winter war and awarded decorations to them.
• After the ceremony, the hall became a dance floor, where Soven danced with Penny while Ron and Nora stayed seated.
• Ron went to the restroom and saw Soven take Penny into another restroom, where they kissed and made out.
• Nearby couples overheard Soven and Penny, then looked toward the other restrooms as Ron hurried back to the hall.

At the Winter Food Festival banquet, Nora accidentally tripped Maple and lost her hat, exposing her cat ears. Chester mistook her for an unwelcome half-Orc and confronted her until someone stepped in and admitted bringing her.

• Nora watched the dancers and worried that she was not outstanding enough to be useful to the manager.
• Nora accidentally tripped Maple, who tore her dress and grabbed Nora’s hat, exposing Nora’s pale black cat ears.
• Maple cried out that Nora was an Orc, drawing nearby guests’ attention and prompting whispers about Prince Ron.
• Chester stopped Maple from returning Nora’s hat and accused Nora of defiling the banquet, demanding to know who had brought her.
• Nora struggled to answer Chester, and a cool voice nearby said, “Sorry, I brought her in.”

Ron defended Nora after Chester demanded that she leave the Winter Food Festival banquet because she was an Orc. He turned Chester’s reasoning against him, arguing that it would also condemn Ron’s Half-Orc mother and require Andre III to apologize publicly.

• Mia and Irene protected Nora, and Mia apologized to Maple on Nora’s behalf after Chester demanded a public apology.
• Chester insisted that Nora leave the banquet because she was an Orc, and Ron arrived to challenge him.
• Chester claimed that Orcs shared the beastkin’s blood, while Irene urged Nora to stay and not make Ron seem wrong to have brought her.
• Ron pointed out that he had Orc blood too, forcing Chester to retreat and stammer that Ron was different.
• Ron said his Half-Orc mother was like Nora and argued that Chester’s logic meant Andre III should apologize to the Empire for marrying her.

Ron helped Nora secure Chester’s apology and comforted her after the confrontation. Nora then chose to learn to dance with Ron, who led her away from the crowded hall to a secluded, moonlit pavilion.

• Chester apologized to Nora after Ron confronted him, then hurried away while Maple left the hall with a maid.
• Ron comforted Nora as she cried, and she asked him to teach her how to dance.
• Ron invited Nora to dance, and she gradually learned the basic steps despite stumbling and stepping on his feet.
• Nora said she would feel better with fewer people around, so Ron led her through the palace to a deserted pavilion beneath the moonlight.

Ron and Nora danced alone in a ruined pavilion before Nora thanked him for all he had done for her. Ron asked her to marry him, and Nora shyly faced his growing closeness.

• Ron led Nora into the pavilion and danced with her beneath the moonlight.
• Ron and Nora abandoned the formal steps, made up silly dance moves, and laughed together.
• Nora stumbled into Ron's arms and thanked him for taking her in, teaching her, and trusting her with the flower shop.
• Ron realized how much Nora's presence had changed his lonely life and asked her to marry him.
• Nora blushed and closed her eyes as Ron leaned closer.

After Ron and Nora returned to Chaos City, Ron reflected on how their relationship had made the other world feel like home. The next morning, they woke together, and Yuna teased Nora about spending the night with Ron.

• Ron and Nora returned to the flower shop, where Yuna complained that they had left her alone and teased Ron about kissing Nora.
• Ron saw that he had completed the Elemental Cards quest and received an upgrade quest to grow Elemental Potatoes, but postponed dealing with it until morning.
• Nora told Ron that she had accidentally wet the bedsheets and that the other sheets had not dried, so she stayed in his bed.
• The next morning, Ron woke beside Nora, kissed her good morning, and went to train while Nora prepared breakfast.
• Yuna caught Nora in the kitchen and teased her until Nora admitted that she had slept with Ron.

Ron cultivated Elemental Potatoes, discovered their magical uses, and unlocked a quest to organize a Magic Duel tournament. On the way to Disode Magic Academy, he inspected the upgraded system’s Dynamic Custom Skins and applied a blinking effect to Heveste’s skin.

• Ron read about Elemental Potatoes, which could supply elemental materials and temporarily enhance magic, while their leaves and flowers boosted casting speed or precision.
• Ron planted seeds in six cultivation spaces, completed the upgrade quest, and unlocked a main quest to organize a tournament with over 100 registered participants and 1,000 viewers.
• Ron harvested Elemental Potatoes and handed further planting to the Doll before visiting Nora and heading to Disode Magic Academy.
• Ron inspected the Dynamic Custom Skin shop and learned that each effect was a one-time purchase usable on only one target.
• Ron applied the system-rewarded “Blink” effect to Heveste’s skin and watched her blink on the System Panel.

Ron planned a Magic Duel tournament and considered how Elemental Potatoes might provide a new source of magical energy. At the academy, he found Harper troubled by a dangerous experiment that seemed to challenge a fundamental principle of magic.

• Ron planned to make Magic Duel meaningful and more exciting to spectators so he could attract tournament participants and fulfill the system quest.
• Ron chewed Elemental Potato leaves, felt their effect on his casting speed, and hoped the potatoes could eventually replace scarce Elemental Stones.
• Ron visited the academy to ask Ilya about Elemental Potatoes and learned Harper had recovered but had withdrawn from the laboratory after speaking with the principal.
• Ron found Harper at the cemetery and encouraged him to explain what was troubling him.
• Harper told Ron he believed the explosion had revealed that magic power could be controllably reversed into elements, but the principal had forbidden him from repeating the dangerous experiment.

Harper explained the danger and potential power of reversing mana into elements, and Ron offered to fund the research despite the academy’s ban. The chapter ended with Harper outlining the project’s costs and risks as he considered whether to leave Disode Magic Academy and Ron agreed to discuss their terms before committing.

• Harper told Ron that a tiny amount of mana reversed into elements had caused his laboratory explosion and could produce force comparable to high-tier magic or greater.
• Ron considered the possibility of controlling the conversion and offered to provide funding and support for Harper’s research.
• Harper warned Ron that the experiment could consume vast resources, fail, damage his reputation, and yield a power that should not be used to seize power or start wars.
• Harper began weighing whether to stay at Disode Magic Academy or leave to pursue the research, and he proposed discussing the required environment and equipment first.
• Ron agreed to discuss the project’s risks and conditions before either of them decided whether to work together.

Ron helped Harper prepare to leave the academy and begin his mana-reversal experiments, then visited Ilya to see whether Elemental Potatoes could power magic arrays. Ilya began searching for a device to test them.

• Harper told Ron he would resign from Disode Magic Academy and start his experiments using Ron’s support.
• Ron arranged for Harper to meet Guy at the Flower Shop the next day and directed him there for whatever he needed.
• Ron went to Ilya’s research room and found her dressed in a nightgown and robe; she invited him inside.
• Ron gave Ilya Elemental Potatoes and explained that they stored and replenished water elements, and could briefly strengthen spellcasting when eaten.
• Ilya examined the potatoes, accepted Ron’s account, and searched through a pile of equipment for something to test them with.

Ron learned how Ilya’s Water Condenser used stored mana to create pure water, then tested an Elemental Potato as its power source. The device worked, but its cost meant ordinary people still could not afford to use it.

• Ilya explained that she invented the Water Condenser to provide water to places where ordinary people struggled to find it.
• Ron charged the Water Condenser with his mana and watched it produce water.
• Ilya inserted an Elemental Potato into the device’s absorption core, and it successfully powered the Water Condenser.
• Ron told Ilya that Elemental Potatoes came in six elements but could not yet be cultivated on a large scale.
• Ilya hoped that mass-produced Elemental Potatoes would let ordinary people use magical conveniences, while Ron calculated that the water still cost too much for them.

Ron and Ilya discovered that Elemental Potatoes absorbed all six elements but replenished only their water element, prompting Ilya to pursue research into their properties and the nature of magic. Ilya decided to resign from the academy and work with Ron, but Edith walked in as she was writing her resignation letter.

• Ilya sensed that the Elemental Potato absorbed all six elements while storing only water elements, and Ron asked whether it had converted the others.
• Ron proposed that elements might be made of smaller particles, and Ilya was drawn to the idea and its implications for magic research.
• Ilya decided to resign from the academy and follow Ron in researching Elemental Potatoes and the elements themselves.
• Ron promised to support Ilya and entrust the Elemental Potato experiments to her, and Ilya began writing her resignation letter.
• Edith entered the research room and found Ilya writing at the desk while Ron held the water condenser.

Ron learned that Edith planned to resign from the Magic Academy and join his laboratory alongside Ilya and Harper. On his carriage ride back to the Flower Shop, he considered the Elemental Potatoes’ potential and planned promotions for Elemental Card Magic Duels.

• Ron told Edith that Harper planned to resign and that he would build him a laboratory, prompting Edith to ask what had happened.
• After Ron explained the situation, Ilya continued writing her resignation letter and Edith decided to resign as well.
• Edith argued that her experience could help manage the laboratory and its experiments, and Ron agreed to hire her and Ilya.
• Ron left the Magic Academy and told Edith and Ilya to meet him at the Flower Shop after resigning so Guy could arrange laboratory resources.
• On the carriage ride, Ron considered whether Elemental Potatoes could power vehicles and convert elements, while deciding that the idea needed more testing.
• Ron planned to promote the Magic Battle Hall by publicizing Wodesen and Luo Wei'er's rivalry during the Spring Martial Tournament.

Ron approved Gil’s plan for a limited-edition God of Elements Element card skin to promote the Magic Battle Hall. He then inspected a storefront on Moonview Street and planned to rebuild it as a dedicated Magic Duel arena capable of hosting large crowds.

• Gil proposed releasing a limited-edition Elemental Card with alternate artwork and a prize draw for the Magic Battle Hall opening.
• Ron approved the proposal and asked Gil to commission several new designs for the God of Elements Element card.
• Ron explained that his Cultivation Space could produce enough cards for the limited-time sale, though doing so would halt other plant cultivation.
• Ron visited the Moonview Street storefront and decided to turn it into a dedicated Magic Duel arena.
• Ron planned a six-story venue with separate competition rooms and spectator areas, reserving the top floor for semifinals and finals.