Chapter Summaries

Ron offered Nora a job at his flower shop, and she revealed that she was a female half-beast. After he reassured her that his own mother was a half-beast, Nora accepted the job, leaving plans to sign an employment contract the next morning.

• Nora revealed that she was a female Cat-kin half-beast and explained why she hid her identity.
• Ron told Nora that his mother was a half-beast and assured her he would not discriminate against her.
• Nora asked about the pay and duties, and Ron offered her ten silver coins a week if she also worked at night.
• Ron offered Nora room and board, but she declined to move in because she wanted time to make sure she could trust him.
• Ron and Nora agreed that she would come to his shop the next morning to sign an employment contract.

Nora began her new job with the promise of regular meals and pay, while Ron bought her a uniform that would conceal her Cat-kin identity. At the Glorious Mercenary Group, Holt and four other trainees tried Golden Red Chrysanthemum petals, and Holt successfully formed a Battle Qi Vortex.

• Nora happily ate the five meat skewers she had left after leaving Ron.
• Ron decided not to expose Nora’s cat ears and bought three loose uniforms with roomy work caps for her.
• Jasper offered five longtime trainee mercenaries Golden Red Chrysanthemum petals, warning them that their effects and safety were uncertain.
• All five trainees accepted the risk and consumed the petals before beginning their cultivation.
• Holt gathered Battle Qi with the help of the petals and successfully formed a Battle Qi Vortex.

Ron accelerated his battle qi cultivation with the Golden Red Chrysanthemum and welcomed Nora to the Flower Shop, where she ate breakfast and prepared to wash and change into her uniform. The system offered Ron a way to see through the bathroom door, but he rejected the quest and went downstairs.

• Ron used the Golden Red Chrysanthemum during his morning training and calculated that he might soon attempt to condense a Battle Qi Vortex.
• Ron let Nora into the shop and brought her upstairs to eat breakfast and sign her employment contract.
• Nora ate eagerly, then agreed to wash and change into the uniform Ron had prepared for her.
• The system offered Ron a quest to peek at Nora bathing and a temporary item that could see through the bathroom door.
• Ron rejected the offer and went downstairs while Nora showered.

Nora began working at Ron’s flower shop after signing a three-year contract, and Ron showed her the shop’s rare, expensive flowers and trained her in the basics of sales. While Nora tended the shop, Ron cultivated more flowers in the Dimensional Plane and considered the scale and profits of his pending deals with the Glorious Mercenary Group.

• Nora came downstairs in her work clothes, and she and Ron went upstairs to sign a three-year employment contract for ten silver coins a week.
• Ron introduced Nora to the Nether Orchids and Golden Red Chrysanthemums, explained their value, and taught her how to recognize counterfeit money and use the cash box.
• Nora opened the shop and began cleaning when few customers arrived, while Ron used an excuse to enter the Dimensional Plane.
• Ron cultivated more than a hundred Nether Orchids and Golden Red Chrysanthemums in three hours and saw that he had 5801 Wealth Points.
• Ron estimated the Glorious Mercenary Group could buy hundreds of Golden Red Chrysanthemums each month, but he considered the branch’s limited funds and the need to avoid suspicion.

Ron shared lunch with Nora, learned about her difficult past, and teased her about his identity and the shop’s staffing. Nora insisted she could handle the work herself, and Ron sent her back downstairs to watch the shop.

• Ron asked Nora about her age and learned that she had fled human traffickers as a child after her mother helped her escape.
• Ron told Nora to remove her hat, and she revealed her dark gray cat ears to him for the first time in years.
• Nora asked whether Ron was from Chaos City, and Ron jokingly claimed that he was the emperor’s seventh child and had received a divine revelation from the Goddess of Harvest.
• Nora asked whether Ron would hire another employee, then protested that she could manage the shop herself when he suggested she might have to share her pay.
• Ron assured Nora that he would not hire anyone else and told her to finish lunch before returning downstairs to watch the shop.

Ron negotiated contracts with Jasper for Nether Orchids and Golden Red Chrysanthemums, securing a lucrative supply deal with the Glorious Mercenary Group. Their agreement gave the group priority access to the flowers in exchange for staggered monthly advance payments.

• Nora learned that Jasper addressed Ron as "Your Highness" and struggled to reconcile it with Ron's Orc blood and royal connection.
• Ron and Jasper reviewed and signed a contract for 25 Nether Orchids per week, with payment upon delivery.
• Jasper confirmed that Golden Red Chrysanthemums had helped four novice mercenaries form Battle Qi Vortices, and Ron offered to supply up to 500 a month.
• Ron proposed advance payment in exchange for priority supply, and after negotiating, Jasper agreed to pay 10,000 gold coins upfront, 3,000 midmonth, and 2,000 at month's end.

After finalizing the Golden Red Chrysanthemum deal, Ron accepted Jasper’s offer to leave four mercenaries guarding his shop and went to explore Disode Magic Academy. He slipped into Ilya’s class, learned she was an Elf Race Saintess, and ended up being offered a Special Edition Ilya Illustrated Book by an apprentice.

• Ron and Jasper signed their contract, and Jasper assigned Holt and three other newly advanced First-Order Warriors to guard Ron’s shop.
• Ron left Nora in charge and walked across Chaos City to Disode Magic Academy, where he used his pass to enter and explore.
• Ron slipped into Ilya’s Introduction to Magic Circle Analysis class and watched the elf teach.
• Baby Fat told Ron that Ilya and another Elf Race Saintess had advanced to Tier Three and served as assistants at the academy.
• Baby Fat offered Ron a copy of his Special Edition Ilya Illustrated Book for one silver coin.

Ron listened to Ilya explain how magic circles imitated bodily mana channels, then met Edith in the academy corridor and learned Professor Hicks was away. Edith offered to teach him basic magic, and Ron discovered she was Ilya’s older sister.

• Ilya explained how magic circles let people reproduce spells by tracing artificial mana channels with magical materials.
• Ron disagreed with Ilya’s goal of making magic-circle study accessible to ordinary people and instead favored teaching mages to make circles for them.
• Ron paid Baby Fat a silver coin, took several illustrated books, and left the classroom.
• Edith met Ron in the corridor and told him Professor Hicks had gone with the dean to visit the Gnome Race.
• Edith offered to teach Ron basic magic, and Ron learned that Ilya was her older sister.

Ron met Edith’s older sister, Ilya, at the Magic Academy and then went with Edith to the training ground to learn magic. There, Mason saw them arrive together, drawing the students’ attention.

• The chapter explained that elves came from the Tree of Life and that Ilya was Edith’s older sister and a Saintess.
• Ilya answered her students’ questions about magic arrays while Edith scolded her for letting them admire her instead of listen to the lesson.
• Edith introduced Ilya to Ron, who greeted her before she left, absorbed in thoughts about magic arrays.
• Edith and Ron headed to the training ground so he could learn to use magic.
• Mason taught newly advanced mages the Soil Tilling Technique as they struggled to cast it, then noticed Edith arriving with Ron.

Edith taught Ron the Soil Tilling Technique and the Dew Technique at the Magic Academy, where he mastered both unusually quickly. He struggled more with Fireball and Wind Blade, leaving Edith convinced his strongest affinities were earth and water.

• Edith demonstrated the Soil Tilling Technique to Ron and explained how to channel magic through three fixed meridians.
• Ron cast the Soil Tilling Technique on his first attempt and expanded its affected area while Edith guided him.
• Edith praised Ron’s exceptional earth-magic talent, while Mason quieted students who were distracted by the lesson.
• Ron practiced the Soil Tilling Technique further, then learned to cast the Dew Technique just as smoothly.
• Ron tried the Fireball Technique and Wind Blade, taking more than ten attempts to cast them and showing less talent for fire and wind magic.

Ron focused on water and earth magic while Harper, Edith, and Mason joined him for dinner after a mishap in Harper's laboratory. At the barbecue shop, Ron introduced his new employee Nora, then wondered whether his family had arranged a fiancée for him.

• Ron continued practicing the Dew Technique and Soil Tilling Technique instead of pursuing fire and wind magic.
• Mason brought Ron and Edith to Harper's laboratory, where Harper blamed volatile ingredients for an explosive potion mishap and Edith scolded him.
• The group headed to Lyle's Barbecue Shop, and Ron greeted Nora, his new employee, at the shop next door.
• Harper flirted with Nora, but Edith dragged him away; Ron noticed Nora had concealed a dagger in her sleeve.
• Ron joined the others for barbecue and cards, then wondered whether his family had arranged a fiancée for him.

Ron chatted with Mason, Edith, and Harper about elven exchange students, magic, and the plants in his shop before returning to the flower shop with Harper. After Harper bought Golden Red Chrysanthemums and Ron gave Nora dinner, Ron prepared to use a water-and-earth combination to germinate a Nether Orchid seed.

• Ron asked why Edith had left the Forest of Forest, and Edith and Mason explained that she and her sister Ilya were exchange students who would return home after four years at the academy.
• Ron told Harper, Mason, and Edith about his Golden Red Chrysanthemum, and Harper decided to buy some to study as possible potion ingredients.
• Ron and his friends left Lyle's increasingly crowded Barbecue Shop, and Harper accompanied Ron to the flower shop.
• Harper bought five Golden Red Chrysanthemums from Nora and then left the shop.
• Ron gave Nora her dinner, went upstairs, exchanged for a Nether Orchid seed, and prepared to try the Seed Germination Technique using water and earth magic.

Ron tested his magic, made more cards for his friends, and designed a card depicting Heveste, the Goddess of Harvest. He kept the goddess card for private play, unsure whether sharing it would count as blasphemy.

• Ron used Seed Germination Technique to mature Nether Orchid and Golden Red Chrysanthemum seeds, then exhausted most of his mana growing more plants.
• Ron discovered that his Novice Magical Rookie title doubled the effects of his first Wood Magic spell.
• Ron considered buying Rainfall Technique and Earth Wave Technique but decided to save his Wealth Value for useful temporary goods.
• Ron made varied Elemental Cards for Mason and his friends, along with two ordinary playing-card decks for himself.
• Ron drew a card depicting Heveste, Goddess of Harvest, and decided he would keep it private.

Ron finished creating cards for his private game, while Nora worked late and secretly maintained her disguise as an Orc. The chapter left Nora hoping that her new job would help her afford better bedding, clothes, and shoes.

• Ron stopped drawing cards when Nora told him it was after ten and let her use the bathroom to change and wash her uniform.
• After Nora left, Ron discovered that she had washed his outer clothes and cleaned the entire second floor, while respecting the privacy of his bedroom and intimate garments.
• Nora dirtied her face in an alley and used Ink-dye Flower juice to darken her pale-red Orc eyes so she could pass as human.
• Nora returned to her shack and hoped her weekly wages would let her buy a thicker bed and quilt, a durable robe, and sturdy shoes.

Ron completed a sale of Golden Red Chrysanthemums and Nether Orchids to the Glorious Mercenary Group, then prepared lunch for Nora and introduced her to rice. He kept saving Wealth for a future system exchange as he considered how to expand sales of his flowers.

• Nora washed up, changed into her work uniform, and offered to wash the dishes after breakfast.
• Ron planted another batch of Golden Red Chrysanthemums and Nether Orchids in the Dimensional Space.
• Ron sold 125 Golden Red Chrysanthemums and 25 Nether Orchids to the Glorious Mercenary Group's representative for a 10,500-gold Gold Depository note.
• Ron checked his System Panel, calculated his Wealth and quest progress, and decided to save his surplus Wealth.
• Ron cooked tomato scrambled eggs, fish-fragrant shredded pork, and seaweed soup for Nora, who removed her hat and asked what rice was.

Ron shared a meal with Nora, taught her to use chopsticks, and confirmed that he was the Seventh Prince and that the Goddess of Harvest had given him the flower seeds. After Nora finished her chores, Ron took his Elemental Cards and headed to the Magic Academy to study with Edith.

• Nora enjoyed Ron's cooking and asked to try his chopsticks, then learned to use them with practice.
• Nora asked whether Ron was the Seventh Prince, and he confirmed his royal status and explained why he had come to Chaos City.
• Ron told Nora that the Goddess of Harvest had given him the Nether Orchid and Golden Red Chrysanthemum seeds for his Flower Shop.
• Ron thanked Nora for cleaning and doing the laundry; Nora finished the dishes and tidied the living room without taking his clothes from the balcony.
• Ron collected his Elemental Cards and left for the Magic Academy to study magic with Edith.

Ron visited the experimental area to find Edith but joined Harper in testing an Explosive Potion made with Ron’s Golden Red Chrysanthemum. Harper drank the potion and cast a much more powerful Fireball Technique, leaving the scarecrow scorched as the test began.

• Ron entered the experimental area and met Harper, who excitedly claimed he had developed an Explosive Potion without side effects.
• Harper said Ron’s Golden Red Chrysanthemum had worked as a buffering agent, and Ron agreed to watch him test the potion.
• Harper recorded the damage from several intermediate fire spells in an advanced puppet testing area.
• Harper drank the Explosive Potion and cast a meter-wide Fireball Technique that blasted the scarecrow and set it burning.

Ron helped Harper test his Explosive Potion, which greatly increased the power of intermediate fire spells, and arranged to supply Golden Red Chrysanthemums for further experiments. After learning more spells at the Magic Academy and depositing a large payment, Ron left the Gold Depository impressing its goblin manager with his rapid success.

• Harper tested his Explosive Potion on a scarecrow and found that it raised intermediate fire spells to near high-tier power.
• Harper asked Ron for batches of Golden Red Chrysanthemums, and they agreed to cooperate on supplying them for continued experiments.
• Ron studied first-tier water- and earth-element spells with Edith, then gave Mason the Elemental Cards he had made.
• Ron went to the Gold Depository and asked Guy to transfer a 10,500-gold-coin note into his account.
• Guy processed Ron's deposit and privately concluded that the Seventh Prince was far more capable than the rumors suggested.

Ron returned to his flower shop after depositing his earnings and spent the evening creating and playing his new card game, Legendary Kill, with Nora. When Nora admitted she could not read, Ron agreed to teach her in exchange for her taking over more household chores.

• Guy asked Ron whether he had investment plans, but Ron declined and left the Gold Depository with his Black Gold Card.
• Ron checked that his wealth had risen to 17,061, then returned to the Flower Shop and cooked dinner because his usual companions were busy.
• Ron continued designing Legendary Kill, creating character, basic, and function cards before bringing the game downstairs.
• Nora admitted she could not read, so Ron explained the cards and played with her using blank character boards until they lost track of time.
• Nora asked Ron to teach her to read, and he agreed in exchange for her cleaning the second and third floors, washing dishes, and doing laundry.

Ron donated another fifty gold coins to the Church of the Goddess of Harvest, taught Nora to read, and arranged a monthly deal with the Magic Academy for Golden Red Chrysanthemums. After depositing another six thousand gold coins, his Wealth Points rose to 23,861, while Guy wondered how Ron was earning so much.

• Ron donated fifty gold coins during his second visit to the Church of the Goddess of Harvest, and Theresa hurried to report the gift to the bishop.
• Ron answered Nora's questions as she studied reading and writing at the Flower Shop.
• Ron planned to use the Miracle of the Goddess of Harvest to explain the Flower Shop's plant supplies and reflected on the protection offered by his allies and the system.
• The Magic Academy agreed to buy 200 Golden Red Chrysanthemums from Ron each month, paying six thousand gold coins in advance.
• Ron deposited the payment at the Gold Depository, raising his Wealth Points to 23,861, and Guy watched him leave in bewilderment.