Chapter Summaries

Ron planned a modest venue for future Magic Duel tournaments and told Nora to oversee the Moonview Street storefront’s reconstruction while he focused on Chaos City. He left Nora managing the Magic Battle Hall and preparing for the tournament venue project.

• Ron inspected the Moonview Street storefront and decided a small, stable tournament venue would suit the first Magic Duel competition.
• Nora showed Ron records revealing that noble ladies increasingly played War of the Gods and asked whether the cards could be sold; Ron agreed to sell one set per person but refused bulk orders.
• Ron told Nora that Guy would oversee an experimental zone outside Chaos City and that she should manage the Magic Battle Hall in his absence.
• Ron asked Nora to coordinate with construction crews to rebuild the Moonview Street storefront into a venue with seating for Magic Duel tournaments.
• Nora learned that Ron intended to hold his own Magic Duel tournament and agreed to handle the storefront project.

Betty visited the Grand Martial Arena and learned that Prince Ron had opened a Magic Battle Hall, where Wodesen and Luo Wei'er would duel that afternoon. After the Imperial Capital First Team won its eighth straight match, Betty and her friends decided to visit the hall, and Betty planned to obtain the special-edition Element card.

• Betty entered the Grand Martial Arena with her friends and saw advertisements for the Magic Battle Hall and its special-edition Element card.
• Betty's friends explained that Prince Ron had opened the hall for Magic Duels and that Wodesen and Luo Wei'er would duel there that afternoon.
• Wodesen led the Imperial Capital First Team to its eighth consecutive victory in the Spring Martial Tournament.
• Betty and her friends agreed to visit the Magic Battle Hall after lunch, and Betty said she wanted to get the special opening edition of Element.

Nora oversaw the final preparations for the Magic Battle Hall’s opening, then joined Ron for lunch and discussed the progress of their hotpot restaurants. The hall was set to open that afternoon, while Mia asked Ron for a special-edition God of Elements Element card.

• Nora directed the Magic Battle Hall’s employees through final inspections and reminded them how to handle guests and problems.
• Ron praised Nora’s work, took her to lunch, and ran into Betty and her noble companions, who planned to visit the Magic Battle Hall’s opening.
• Ron and Nora joined Mia and Irene in a private room, where Ron asked about the hotpot restaurants in the Northern Frontier and Eastern Frontier.
• Mia reported that the restaurants were opening and promotions were underway, though the Northern Frontier remained the main concern.
• Mia asked Ron to give her a special-edition God of Elements Element card when the Magic Battle Hall opened.

Ron gave Mia a special-edition Elemental Card in exchange for bringing customers to the Magic Battle Hall. Wodesen arrived for his duel with Luo Wei'er and became captivated by the life-sized Element banners.

• Ron agreed to give Mia a special-edition card if she brought people to the Magic Battle Hall, and Mia eagerly accepted.
• Nora and Irene explained that every shop employee had already received a card, teasing Mia for thinking she was the first to get one.
• Wodesen prepared his deck, reviewed his Magic Duel strategies, and told his team to follow their usual training schedule while he was away.
• Wodesen arrived at the Magic Battle Hall for his duel with Luo Wei'er and saw the banners promoting their match.
• Wodesen became fascinated by the life-sized God of Elements Element banners and decided he wanted to buy the special-edition cards and ask whether the banners were for sale.

Wodesen visited the Magic Battle Hall, bought Element merchandise, and inspected its dueling areas and battle platform. He waited at the platform for Luo Wei'er to arrive.

• Wodesen bought a special-edition Element card and a large poster while Betty collected bags of merchandise.
• Wodesen toured the commoners' battle area and the more spacious nobles' booths.
• A staff member showed Wodesen the battle platform and explained how cards, dealers, and overhead whiteboards worked.
• Wodesen asked whether Luo Wei'er had arrived, then sat down at the platform to wait.

Nora oversaw the Magic Battle Hall’s opening while Ron focused on planning an experimental zone with Harper, Edith, and Ilya. Luo Wei'er arrived to face Wodesen in a public Magic Duel, and the chapter ended just after their match began.

• Ron spoke to Nora through a Doll and confirmed Wodesen had arrived at the hall.
• Betty played Magic Duel with noble young ladies while crowds gathered to watch Wodesen challenge Luo Wei'er.
• Luo Wei'er arrived with Leticia, and the crowd discussed the history between the three of them.
• Wodesen and Luo Wei'er agreed to let their strength decide the duel, and the host explained the best-of-five rules.
• The dealers inspected the players’ decks, and staff displayed their opening hands as the match began.

Wodesen and Luo Wei'er tied their Magic Duel at one round apiece, while Betty impressed the audience with her professional analysis. The match continued after the break, with the crowd focused on the spectacle and Betty drawing listeners to her commentary.

• Wodesen won the first round, bursting Luo Wei'er's three red balloons as the host explained how the balloons tracked each player's remaining lives.
• Betty accurately predicted the players' tactics by studying both hands on the whiteboard, and nearby spectators preferred her commentary to the hosts'.
• During the break, the host held a raffle and gave ten spectators iron boxes for storing Elemental Cards.
• Luo Wei'er regained his resolve after remembering Leticia's promise, then began the second round against Wodesen.
• Luo Wei'er revealed Element, the God of Elements, to block Wodesen's fused Legendary-tier magic and then removed two of Wodesen's lives, tying the match at one round each.

Wodesen and Luo Wei'er fought to a draw in the fifth round of their Magic Duel, leaving their score tied at two to two. Wodesen ended the match and left, while Leticia comforted Luo Wei'er with a promise to reward him that night.

• Betty explained that both duelists had used their strongest cards and that the outcome depended on their remaining cards and their order.
• After two more exchanges, Wodesen revealed his final card and combined two cards to attack Luo Wei'er.
• Luo Wei'er blocked Wodesen's attack, and the duel ended in a draw with one red balloon left for each of them.
• Wodesen declined to continue with a tiebreaker, saying he would challenge Luo Wei'er again after improving, and then left.
• Luo Wei'er regretted losing his chance to win, but Leticia praised him and promised to reward him when they got back that night.

After Wodesen and Luo Wei'er drew in their duel, Ron planned to build anticipation for a rematch while overseeing plans for a private experimental zone. The construction was set to begin, and a system side quest offered Mimic Grass seeds and a cultivation method once the facility was complete and operating.

• The guests stayed at the Magic Battle Hall to play Magic Duel, while Nora reported the draw to Ron.
• Ron told Nora to build hype around Wodesen and Luo Wei'er as the strongest players and prepare for a rematch, potentially at a professional tournament.
• Ron reviewed the experimental zone plans with Harper, Ilya, Edith, Guy, and the construction crew captain, then approved them.
• The system triggered a side quest requiring Ron to complete and operate the private experimental zone in exchange for Mimic Grass seeds and a cultivation method.
• The construction crew captain estimated the work would take about a month, and Ilya and Edith offered to help speed construction with magic.

After the winter war ended, Ron’s businesses and Nora’s War of the Gods Cup tournament continued to develop in the Imperial Capital. Sylvie joined the tournament, and the chapter ended when a palace guard arrived to speak with Ron.

• The orc army withdrew to the Far North Ice Plains, and soldiers and cadets buried and burned the battlefield dead to prevent disease.
• The Magic Battle Hall, experimental zone, and Mia’s hotpot restaurant continued making progress, while Nora focused on preparing the tournament venue.
• Nora began the War of the Gods Cup with sixteen contestants, including Sylvie, using a points system divided into two seven-day halves.
• Ron and Nora joked about Sylvie’s poor record at War of the Gods and the rewards Nora had arranged for every contestant.
• A palace guard arrived at the flower shop and addressed Ron as His Highness.

Ron accepted an invitation to the spring hunt but remained focused on Nora and the War of the Gods Cup. In the Imperial Capital, Andy entered the Magic Battle Hall and began learning how its card matches could earn money despite gambling being forbidden.

• A guard delivered Andre III's invitation to the spring hunt, and Ron accepted it without deciding whether he would attend.
• Ron and Nora shared Abyss at the bar, then checked the War of the Gods Cup rankings and saw Sylvie at the bottom.
• Andy, a poor shopkeeper's son who had left school, wandered past Princess Mia's hotpot restaurant and lamented his limited prospects.
• Drawn in by the posters outside the Magic Battle Hall, Andy learned that visitors could borrow noble-edition Elemental Cards for free.
• A staff member directed Andy to the beginner area and explained that gambling was prohibited, though winners had a chance to earn money.

Andy discovered that the Magic Battle Hall’s achievement challenges could earn cards or cash and set out to improve at Magic Duel. Meanwhile, Ron learned that leaves from the Divine Tree strengthened Harvest Goddess followers’ healing and had caused two researchers to change their faith, so he ordered the experiments stopped.

• Andy borrowed a noble-edition Elemental Cards deck and read the Magic Battle Hall’s achievement challenge rewards.
• Andy watched a guest claim a reward, then went to practice Magic Duel so he could attempt the challenges himself.
• Ron reviewed the Magic Battle Hall’s popularity and its growing draw from achievement rewards and collectible skins.
• Dunlop told Ron that Divine Tree Scale Leaves healed Goddess of Harvest followers more effectively and that two researchers had voluntarily converted from the God of Healing.
• Ron ordered Dunlop to hand over the remaining Scale Leaves, suspend the experiments, and monitor whether the researchers’ faith changed back.

Ron considered how the Divine Tree’s Scale Leaves could change people’s faith, then spent the day with Nora. In Chaos City, Jolina encountered a badly wounded wolf-like beastman in an alley and decided to help him.

• Ron realized daily use of the Divine Tree’s Scale Leaves could gradually shift someone’s faith, but decided to reserve them for believers of the Goddess of Harvest.
• Ron inspected the Flower Shop’s construction with Nora, bought her clothes and trinkets, and spent the evening teasing and kissing her by Impaxiu Lake.
• Jolina recalled how Nora’s Scale Leaves had healed her father’s broken legs, and how she had agreed to accept half wages for three months in gratitude.
• Two thugs attacked a passerby in an eastern-city alley and then chased Jolina after she fell and twisted her ankle.
• A huge cloaked figure approached, frightening the thugs away, then collapsed and revealed a wounded wolf-like face beneath its hood.
• Jolina recognized the figure as a beastman and, despite her fear, returned to the alley to help him.

Ron redirected Ilya toward practical applications for Elemental Potatoes, then learned that Jolina had secretly been caring for an injured beastman. He went with Jolina and Nora to examine the stranger, whose presence in Chaos City raised questions about his origins and danger.

• Ron visited the experimental zone, where Ilya struggled to understand why Elemental Potatoes absorbed six elements but stored only one type.
• Ron suggested applications for Elemental Potatoes, and Ilya agreed to focus on practical experiments while awaiting proper equipment.
• At the café, Ron learned from Yuna that Sylvie kept playing mahjong despite finishing far behind the other contestants.
• Nora brought Ron to meet Jolina, who explained that she had hidden an injured beastman and tried to treat him with leftover medicine.
• Ron decided to inspect the beastman and consider whether he had escaped a noble's household or traveled from the Far North Ice Plains.

Ron examined the wounded werewolf Jolina had been hiding and found that his injuries were severe and his Battle Qi Vortex was beyond saving. After giving him medicine, Ron moved him to the Flower Shop, where Jolina agreed to watch over him until he woke up.

• Ron and Nora followed Jolina to her house, where she showed them the bandaged werewolf hidden in the storage room.
• Ron examined the werewolf and found fatal wounds, a ruined Battle Qi Vortex, and signs that he had fought in a major battle.
• Ron decided to treat the werewolf and take him to the Flower Shop, where Yuna could help keep him under guard.
• The werewolf briefly woke but fainted before Ron could question him.
• Jolina fed the werewolf Ron's medicinal soup, and Ron carried him to the Flower Shop's guest bedroom.
• Ron asked Jolina to watch the werewolf and notify him or Nora as soon as he woke up.

Ron planned to recruit Andy as the champion of a daily arena tournament at the Magic Battle Hall, offering him a weekly salary and prize money. He left Nora to approach Andy and his parents, then went upstairs with her to watch Betty and Mia play Magic Duel.

• Andy visited the Magic Battle Hall, collected his stored Elemental Cards, and challenged the guests to matches.
• Nora told Ron that Andy had won several gold coins, had an exceptionally high win rate, and hoped to save enough for school tuition.
• After Andy completed another achievement challenge, Ron decided to hire him as the hall’s arena champion for one hour each evening.
• Ron explained the tournament’s salary and prize rules to Nora, who noted that Andy’s parents would need to approve any contract because he was under sixteen.
• Ron told Nora to speak with Andy first and seek his parents’ consent afterward, then went upstairs with her to watch Betty and Mia play.

Betty taught Princess Mia and the nobles advanced Magic Duel tactics, prompting Ron to recruit her as a commentator for the Magic Battle Hall’s upcoming arena challenge. Betty accepted immediately, and her friends teased her afterward about Ron’s invitation and their supposed closeness.

• Betty explained card-cycling strategies and other Magic Duel tactics to Princess Mia and the nobles listening nearby.
• Nora told Ron that Betty was a skilled player and an unusually clear teacher and commentator.
• Ron invited Betty to commentate at the Magic Battle Hall’s upcoming arena challenge, and Betty agreed without asking about payment.
• Ron planned to use the arena challenge to test Betty and help the staff gain experience before any future tournament.
• Betty’s friends questioned her about Ron’s invitation and teased her about becoming his seventh wife or arranging a midnight dinner.

Ron visited the recovering wolfman at the Chaos City Flower Shop and learned that he had fled the Orc Royal Court’s forced sacrifice of his tribe. The wolfman said his name was Husky, and Ron let him stay while he recovered.

• Ron expanded the Everchanging Radish farm and its factory, where Heart-Connecting Vines helped workers package Elemental Cards more efficiently.
• Ron questioned the silent wolfman, who finally asked for water and then asked why Jolina had saved him.
• Jolina explained that she saved the wolfman because he had saved her first, though he could not remember doing so.
• The wolfman revealed that he was the young chieftain of the Wolf Fang Tribe, which had rebelled against a suicidal order and fled pursuit until he was the sole survivor.
• Ron told the wolfman he could stay in Chaos City while he recovered, then learned that his name was Husky.

Husky settled into life at Ron’s flower shop, where Jolina befriended him and introduced him to pastries, games, and hot pot. As he enjoyed a rare meal with plenty of meat, Husky remembered how his small tribe had been deprived of it, leaving him unsettled.

• Husky reflected on his exile from the Orc Royal Court and the kindness he had received from Ron, Nora, and the people at the flower shop.
• Jolina offered Husky pastries, asked to touch his fur, and invited him to join the others for card games.
• Husky joined the flower shop staff for hot pot and was amazed by the flavor of the lamb and sauce.
• Ron discussed Sylvie’s card tournament, reminded her about upcoming cathedral ceremonies, and agreed to visit the arena tournament with Nora.
• When Jolina asked why Husky ate mostly vegetables, he explained that small tribes on the Far North Ice Plains rarely got meat, and the memory dampened his enjoyment of dinner.

Ron took Nora and Soven to the Magic Battle Hall, where Soven inspected the venue for potential romantic conquests and Ron prepared to watch the arena matches. After Betty introduced the first challenger, Oliver, the duel against Andy began.

• Ron played cards with Nora at the Magic Club, where Soven agreed to join them at the arena matches.
• Soven admitted he planned to scout the Magic Battle Hall's second floor for noble young ladies, and Ron warned him that Mia visited there.
• Ron showed Soven the crowded Battle Hall and its second-floor booths before they joined the audience.
• Betty announced that the arena match would begin, while Ron and Soven watched from the edge of the battle area.
• Ron unveiled the upgraded platform equipment, and Andy took his seat for the first duel.
• Betty introduced Oliver, whose three-day win rate was 67%, and the duel began.