Chapter Summaries

With most of his ventures running smoothly, Ron recognized that Gil needed a dedicated marketing team to support the nationwide expansion of Elemental Cards. Meanwhile, Mia’s strong tournament record put her within reach of the elimination rounds, leaving Ron worried that he might lose another commentator.

• Ron reviewed the progress of his businesses and saw that he had little work to handle while his associates managed their projects.
• Ron considered how Gil should build a marketing team to adapt Elemental Card promotions to different regions and audiences.
• Nora told Ron that Mia had nine wins and three losses, placing her among the top hundred contestants for the moment.
• Nora explained that Mia still had four Gold Rank opponents ahead of her and needed more wins to secure a place in the top 128.
• Ron praised Mia’s results but privately hoped she would be eliminated soon so she could continue commentating.

After the Magic Cup preliminaries, Ron and Soven walked with Nora, Mia, Irene, and Penny to a hotpot restaurant, where Ron teased Soven with a recording of his boastful plans to attract women. Ron warned Soven not to tarnish the commentators’ reputation and refused to give him a Mimic Grass and recorder, leaving Soven resentful.

• After three days of preliminaries, Nora joined Ron for a meal, and they met Mia, Irene, Soven, and Penny before heading to a hotpot restaurant.
• Soven bragged to Ron that the Magic Cup would help him attract young noble ladies as a professional commentator.
• Ron played back a recording of Soven’s boasts, then hid the recorder in his Inventory when Soven tried to grab it.
• Ron warned Soven that he would let Penny hear the recording if Soven damaged the reputation of Magic Battle Hall commentators, and Soven promised to behave.
• Soven asked Ron for a Mimic Grass and a recorder, but Ron refused and caught up with the others, leaving Soven resentful.

Ron discussed inviting foreign delegations to the Magic Cup finals, then returned to the Flower Shop and prepared to reveal Yuna’s identity to Nora. Yuna spoke with Nora privately, and the night ended with Nora acting on knowledge Yuna had taught her.

• Mia questioned Ron and Soven, and Ron deflected her suspicion by bringing up Soven’s unlucky commentary record.
• At dinner, Ron told his companions his earldom ceremony was expected in mid-April and proposed inviting foreign delegations to the Magic Cup finals.
• After the evening matches, Ron returned to the Flower Shop with Nora and told Yuna he planned to reveal her identity to Nora.
• Yuna went into the bathroom and explained her identity to Nora, then spent a long time bathing with her and teaching her something for the future.
• Nora emerged embarrassed and later burrowed beneath the covers when Ron joined her in bed, leaving him startled by what Yuna had taught her.

Ron attended the Magic Cup knockout draw, where Mia drew Wodesen and was eliminated by him three to zero. As torrential rain fell over the Imperial Capital, Ron learned that Eli had returned to the Northern Frontier without planning to attend his title-bestowal ceremony.

• Ron had breakfast with Nora and Yuna before going with Nora to the Magic Cup venue for the knockout draw.
• Soven and Leticia hosted the draw, and Mia drew Wodesen as her opponent while the seeded contestants were otherwise separated into different divisions.
• After the draw, Ron left to visit Gil's place instead of watching the elimination matches.
• Ron returned that evening and learned that Wodesen had defeated Mia three to zero.
• A storm swept over the Imperial Capital, and Ron received news that Eli had met Andre III before leaving for the Northern Frontier.

Ron reviewed the Magic Cup’s growing popularity before visiting his private experimental zone, where researchers confirmed that magic and magic power transformed back into elements. He then explained that the Elemental Gun was designed so ordinary people could cast and aim spells, leaving Ilya to grasp the blueprint’s purpose.

• Ron learned from Sylvie about Eldest Prince Eli’s early departure from the Imperial City and returned to the control room, where he reviewed the Magic Cup contestants and audience figures.
• Ron concluded that Andy, Wodesen, and Luo Wei'er were the likely Magic Cup finalists and planned to hold the semifinals and finals in the Grand Martial Arena.
• Ron visited the private experimental zone, where Ilya and Harper reported that magic and magic power transformed back into elements and proposed that an undiscovered process enabled the conversion.
• Ron told Ilya to return to manufacturing while the two assistant mages continued verifying experiments and Harper resumed research in the reaction zone.
• Ron explained that an Elemental Gun’s trigger and shape let ordinary people activate magic and aim it at enemies without controlling spell direction through magic power.
• Ilya realized that the Elemental Gun was intended for ordinary people rather than mages, who could simply use staffs.

Ron explained that he wanted to arm his future private soldiers in Tansang City and urged Ilya to develop an assembly line that could mass-produce magic arrays. Ilya agreed to study his idea, leaving the possibility of ordinary workers helping inscribe arrays as a new direction for her research.

• Ron told Ilya that he planned to become a territorial count and needed weapons to protect Tansang City from small beast tides.
• Ron asked Ilya to prepare materials for an Elemental Gun while they continued work on the second bus.
• Ron proposed using magic arrays to automate bus production so ordinary people could manufacture products at scale.
• Ilya objected that ordinary people could not learn to inscribe magic arrays, and Ron suggested creating a dedicated array that inscribed one type of array in batches.
• Ilya understood Ron's proposal and agreed to study the possibility of mass-producing arrays such as the Gale Array and Sound Storage Array.

Ron oversaw the Disi bus’s final preparations while Ilya built an Elemental Gun powered by Elemental Potatoes stored in interchangeable Mana Cases. The gun promised nearly continuous fire, though the long-term effects of cutting up the potatoes remained uncertain.

• After dinner, Ron had Edith record the Disi’s bus announcements and told her she could try driving once she finished.
• Ilya began constructing an Elemental Gun, using magic arrays and a trigger mechanism that let ordinary people fire spells.
• Ron explained his Mana Case design, which stored mana in pieces of Elemental Potatoes and could be swapped out while another case recharged.
• Ilya said Elemental Potatoes showed no apparent loss of effectiveness when cut, but the earliest batch had been tested for only a little over two months.

Ron tested how long Elemental Potatoes lasted in the accelerated Cultivation Space and discussed possible upgrades to the Elemental Gun with Ilya. Edith learned to drive the Disi bus and enjoyed it enough to ask Ron to keep it.

• Ron accelerated time around a water-element Elemental Potato and found that it took roughly five or six years to rot and lose its stored elements.
• Ron realized the Cultivation Space could speed up experiments, but only plants could enter it.
• Ilya asked whether the Elemental Gun could use different offensive magic arrays, and Ron suggested expanding the knob mechanism to magic turrets for ordinary people.
• Ron worried that weapons usable by ordinary people might eventually conflict with human and elf racial interests.
• Ron taught Edith to drive the Disi bus, and she cautiously drove it around the private experimental zone before asking to keep it.

Ron planned how to develop Tansang City, weighing the need for better transportation and more magic-array mages against the risks of expanding spatial access. He compared a detailed map of the surrounding area with Tansang City's economic records, leaving the city’s next steps under consideration.

• Ron reassured Nora that buying umbrellas for spectators and contestants was worthwhile even if few were returned.
• Ron used Water Control to shield Nora from the rain and brought her back to the Flower Shop.
• Ron studied a map of the Empire and decided that cargo trucks were a priority while railways and trains remained undecided.
• Ron wrote that he needed more mages skilled in magic arrays and noted Imperial City Magic Academy and Disode Magic Academy as potential sources.
• Ron examined a detailed map of Tansang City’s surroundings alongside the economic summary Guy had compiled, then sighed.

Ron planned how to develop Tansang City’s agriculture, factories, and transportation after becoming its territorial count. He left the maps and plans unfinished when Nora told him she was heading back to the bedroom.

• Ron considered expanding Everchanging Radish cultivation and planting crops, and planned for Ilya to make staffs that civilians could use to help with the work.
• Ron divided the surrounding wasteland into areas for agriculture, Everchanging Radish cultivation, and factories, while noting possible farming machines and the costs of magical equipment.
• Ron mapped out bus routes and considered widening streets and adding sidewalks and traffic lights before Liya and Disi entered service.
• Ron reflected on how he had become responsible for city planning and decided to treat improving the city as a pastime.
• Nora told Ron she had finished washing up and was going back to the bedroom.

Ron spent the night with Nora, then went to the eastern Divine Tree to check on the Scale Leaves and reflect on how the tree had changed the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and Chaos City. The Divine Tree’s influence continued to grow, drawing believers and raising property prices across the surrounding district.

• Ron noticed Nora was still awake, spoke with her, and later entered meditation after she fell asleep.
• Ron played Legendary Kill with Husky, then let him leave with Jolina to go shopping.
• Ron traveled to the eastern Divine Tree, whose Scale Leaves had become a valuable source of healing and income for the Church of the Goddess of Harvest.
• Ron learned that the Divine Tree had attracted new believers to Chaos City and driven up housing prices in the eastern districts.
• Ron arrived at the Divine Tree and recalled that the assassin who had tried to kill him had indirectly helped the local residents.

Ron collected Divine Tree Scale Leaves for experiments and learned that Charles, an elderly farmer from Tansang City, had traveled to pray for a better harvest and protection from beast tides. After reflecting on the Harvest Goddess Church’s aid to ordinary people, Ron headed to the breeding base on the outskirts to visit the site of the War of the Gods Cup.

• Ron prayed before the Divine Tree, then watched believers purchase Scale Leaves under rules limiting the number they could buy and requiring registration.
• Charles carefully paid one hundred copper coins for a Scale Leaf, tucked it inside his shirt, and left the Prayer House delighted.
• Ron collected half of the Scale Leaves gathered at the Prayer House to give to mages arriving in Chaos City for further experiments.
• A missionary told Ron that Charles was a sixty-three-year-old farmer from Tansang City who had traveled to pray for a better harvest and relief from beast tides.
• Ron decided to visit the outskirts site where Sylvie would hold the War of the Gods Cup and left by carriage.

Ron visited the breeding base and learned that Sylvie had placed in the middle of the War of the Gods Cup because the nuns had quietly helped her. He then headed to the private experimental area to inspect the completed Elemental Gun, a magic-casting staff that ordinary people could use without magic power.

• Ron told Yuna that the promised staff had been made, while Yuna reminded him that he still owed her a faster, lighter car.
• Yuna teased Ron about his relationship with Nora and wanting to hold her great-grandnephew before he pushed Yuna back into the shadows.
• Ron visited the Prayer House and discovered that Sylvie had earned a middle-tier score in the War of the Gods Cup because the nuns had given her face.
• Ron inspected the expanded breeding base and planned to test Ilya's ordinary-user Plant Growth Technique staffs in Chaos City before introducing them in Tansang City.
• Ron left for the private experimental area to inspect the completed Elemental Gun.

Ron introduced Yuna to the Elemental Gun and taught her how to use it, then asked her to practice and develop a training regimen for his future soldiers. Yuna became absorbed in shooting, while Ron planned to give the other guns to himself and Nora; the author also noted that Volume Two would end after Ron received Tansang City.

• Ron gave Yuna an Elemental Gun and demonstrated how to load, aim, and fire it.
• Yuna fired a Burst Spell that destroyed a target more than thirty meters away, then tested the gun’s power and accuracy.
• Ron asked Yuna to practice with the Elemental Gun and prepare a training regimen for his private soldiers.
• Yuna grew increasingly absorbed in firing the gun, and Ron took her back to the Flower Shop for lunch.
• Ron planned to keep one Elemental Gun and give the remaining one to Nora for self-defense.
• The author said Volume Two would end after Ron received his title of count and Tansang City as his territory.

Ron rehearsed the ceremony for his upcoming title of Count while factions tried to learn which territory he would choose. He confirmed his plans for Tansang City and imagined turning it into a modern, well-equipped city.

• Ron confirmed the sixteen contestants advancing to the Magic Cup points round-robin, then went to the royal palace to rehearse the ceremony for his title of Count.
• On the carriage ride back, Yuna discussed Ron’s choice of Tansang City and teased him about trying her new liquor.
• Ron explained that he wanted to use his plants and inventions to develop Tansang City while keeping strategically valuable plants out of the market.
• Ron described plans for clean water, refrigerators, orderly roads, tall buildings, and elevators as he imagined making Tansang City better than the Imperial Capital.

Ron experimented in the Cultivation Space and determined how Elemental Potatoes stored and depleted their elemental energy. He considered new businesses to fund Tansang City, but discovered that expensive mana-transmitting materials made his elemental station idea impractical.

• Ron noticed luxurious carriages driven by dwarves and guessed that diplomatic delegations had arrived in the Imperial Capital.
• Ron conducted experiments in the Cultivation Space and concluded that Elemental Potatoes could last for years unused, depleted with continuous use, and recover when rested.
• Ron considered how to prevent Elemental Potatoes from causing trouble if they circulated widely, while deciding that their potential uses mattered more to him.
• Ron listed possible plant-based businesses, including tea houses, spas, figurines, cinemas, and elemental stations, as ways to raise money for Tansang City.
• Ron learned that the high cost of materials capable of transmitting mana prevented him from building an elemental station.

Ilya read Professor Simmons’s paper proposing that lightning elements could exist in special environments, and she and Harper realized Elemental Potatoes might help them create such conditions. The researchers prepared to test the idea, with Ron offering to supply as many potatoes as they needed.

• Edith brought Ilya research papers, including Professor Simmons’s study on the possible existence of lightning elements.
• Ilya read the paper’s account of experiments in thunderclouds and summoned Harper and Prince Ron to discuss its findings.
• Harper explained that an environment with two elements at the right concentration and ratio might produce composite elements, and proposed using Ron’s Elemental Potatoes to create one.
• Harper suggested that composite elements might explain elemental conversion during composite magic, prompting Ilya to share his excitement about further research.
• Ron agreed to provide enough Elemental Potatoes for their experiments.

As Ron prepared for his coming rule over Tansang City, he oversaw experiments and production plans while the Magic Cup and hotpot expansion continued. On April 15, the day of his conferment as a territorial count arrived.

• Ron supplied Elemental Potatoes to the private experimental zone, where Harper led experiments into magic power and elements while Ilya analyzed data.
• Lyle reported that hotpot restaurants across the Western Frontier were nearly ready, with openings planned in every major city by April 20.
• Ron and Ilya developed products and plans for future assembly lines, including Elemental Guns and construction devices, as Ron considered the challenges of governing Tansang City.
• The Magic Cup’s round-robin matches drew growing crowds and fans, while Ron remained focused on making new devices with Ilya.
• Time reached April 15, the day Ron was to be granted the title of Count of the Territory.

Ron attended the Imperial ceremony and received the title of Territorial Count, choosing a neglected strip of land beside Sunset Forest rather than territory associated with any faction. The system granted him a spatial-teleportation title effect and announced that he had completed the hotpot restaurant side quest.

• Nora accompanied Ron to the palace for his conferment ceremony, where Mia and Irene joined her among the guests.
• Noble representatives speculated about Ron's factional allegiance while Nora considered greeting the visiting diplomatic delegations about the Magic Cup.
• Andre III delivered a speech, and Ron completed the ceremony's rituals before choosing a narrow blank region beside Sunset Forest as his territory.
• Andre III pinned the medal on Ron, making him a Territorial Count of the Human Empire.
• The system gave Ron the ability to use Spatial Conversion within his territory and announced that he had completed [Make the Hotpot Restaurant Sweep the Entire Empire], rewarding him with a Phantasmal Weeping Willow.

The author explained the novel’s inspiration, its shift from a flower-shop story to magical adaptations of modern games and activities, and the challenges and plans that followed. The author confirmed Nora as the only female lead for now and asked readers whether the story should have one heroine or a harem.

• The author said Food Supplier inspired the original small-shop concept, which became a story about a flower shop selling special plants.
• After struggling to make the plants compelling as the main attraction, the author shifted the central plot toward magically adapted games and other ideas from the protagonist’s original world.
• The author acknowledged that the changed direction disappointed readers who expected the story to stay focused on the flower shop, and said the later outline made a return to that plot impossible.
• The author outlined two possible endings: concluding after the third volume or continuing with later volumes about the Empire and other races.
• The author confirmed Nora as the only female lead so far and asked readers whether to keep a single heroine or add more.