Chapter Summaries

Ron tricked Harper into losing a game of Legendary Kill, then returned home and successfully condensed a Battle Qi Vortex. The chapter left Ron newly advanced as a first-rank warrior.

• Ron, Mason, Edith, and Harper played Legendary Kill, and Ron eliminated rebel Edith before Harper mistakenly killed loyal subject Mason.
• Ron used his stockpile of cards, Blessing of the Goddess of Harvest, and Aegis Crossbow to defeat Harper, who regretted trusting him.
• Ron and his companions discussed whether Legendary Kill and Elemental Cards would sell, then went their separate ways.
• Ron returned to the shop with grilled meat for Nora and spent the night without incident.
• Ron used Golden Red Chrysanthemum and the Bright Sword Canon to condense a Battle Qi Vortex and advance to first-rank warrior.

Ron settled into a comfortable routine while his flower business and wealth grew, and he planned to use the Miracle of the Goddess of Harvest to explain the shop’s unusual supply. Far away, Webster received Jasper’s reports about Ron’s flowers and academy connections and began to suspect Wosbaits.

• Ron advanced to First-Rank Warrior, then spent the day with Nora, who studied literacy while refusing church baptism because it would restore her eye color.
• Nora found Ron practicing brush writing, mistook his Chinese characters for decorative patterns, and praised them before Ron changed the subject.
• Ron continued his daily routine and completed flower handovers with the magic academy and the Glorious Mercenary Group, while growing customer demand and a 3,000-gold-coin payment increased his wealth.
• Ron donated 50 gold coins to the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and planned to use the Miracle of the Goddess of Harvest to make the flower shop’s supply channels seem reasonable.
• Webster received Jasper’s letters describing Ron’s Nether Orchids, Golden Red Chrysanthemums, and ties to Disode Magic Academy, then wondered what Wosbaits was planning.

Ron bound the Scale Vine and continued teaching Nora, while Webster investigated the origins of the flowers sold at Ron's shop. After tasting Golden Red Chrysanthemum tea, Webster suspected the plants might be part of a secret plan by Andre III and decided to visit Wosbaits.

• Ron fed blood and magic power to the Scale Vine, then absorbed Volume Two of the Natural Meditation Method and gained more System Panel pattern options.
• Ron praised Nora's handwriting and told her he would buy her readers once her vocabulary improved.
• Jasper reported to Webster that the Nether Orchid and Golden Red Chrysanthemum might be cultivated in valleys controlled by the Magic Academy or deep in the Bondless Mountains.
• Webster ordered Jasper to keep gathering information and requested Golden Red Chrysanthemum leaves and petals.
• Webster drank Golden Red Chrysanthemum tea and discovered it slightly stimulated his battle qi, then considered whether Andre III had entrusted Ron with a secret mission.
• Webster decided to visit Wosbaits at the Magic Academy.

Ron repeatedly defeated Nora in their card game before they agreed to play one last round. Meanwhile, Wosbaits rejected Webster’s suspicions about the Empire’s dealings with Disode Magic Academy, and Webster claimed the Empire had never given Ron the plants in question.

• Ron used Dicky Locke’s skills and carefully arranged cards to defeat Nora, who had discarded her [Kill] and lost health to Ron’s [Arena] and [Undead Invasion].
• Nora asked Ron to play another round, and Ron agreed to one last game before they closed the shop.
• Wosbaits visited a grave in the Magic Academy cemetery and poured wine over it while Webster approached and greeted him.
• Wosbaits accused Andre III of trying to influence the academy with miraculous plants and insisted he would not let the academy become the Empire’s dog.
• Webster asked whether Wosbaits would believe that the Empire had never provided Ron with Nether Orchids or Golden Red Chrysanthemums.

Webster and Wosbaits traded accusations about the flowers and swore that they had told the truth, while remaining suspicious of each other. The next morning, Ron learned that both legendary figures were secretly watching him, and planned to seek the Harvest Goddess’s favor to dispel their suspicions.

• Webster suggested the Magic Academy had arranged the flowers to support Seventh Prince Ron, prompting Wosbaits to accuse him of carrying out Andre III’s scheme.
• Webster swore by God of War Sebtan that he knew nothing of Ron’s flower arrangements, and Wosbaits swore by God of Magic Magic that the academy had not colluded with Ron or developed ways to cultivate the flowers.
• After their oaths, Wosbaits asked Webster whether he had converted, and Webster denied it.
• The next morning, Ron received a temporary quest to eliminate Wosbaits and Webster’s suspicions, and saw that the system had added costly Mental Interference options.
• Ron discovered that Wosbaits and Webster were watching him from the rooftop under concealment spells, then decided to visit the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and use her miracle to reassure them.

Webster and Wosbaits secretly watched Ron, puzzled by his talents and his decision to run a shop and cook for himself. Ron learned through the system that they had entered his home, while he kept up appearances and asked Nora to write a reflection on her book.

• Webster and Wosbaits debated Ron’s talent for magic and battle aura as they watched him train.
• Ron finished training, let Nora into the shop, and ate breakfast with her while the two legendary men spied from the balcony.
• The system warned Ron that Webster and Wosbaits were observing him, and he concealed his reaction while guessing at their suspicions.
• Wosbaits saw Nora’s cat ears and accused Ron of hiding an Orc beauty, while Webster dismissed the matter as ordinary youthful behavior.
• Webster and Wosbaits entered Ron’s living room and study as the system reported their movements to him.
• Nora told Ron she had finished a book, and he asked her to write a reading reflection.

Webster and Wosbaits searched Ron's study for clues about the Flower Shop but found only ordinary books and a sheet of meaningless doodles. They followed Ron when he left for his usual weekend visit to the Church of the Goddess of Harvest, while Ron realized the two Legendary-rank figures were still tailing him.

• Webster found untitled illustrated albums on Ron's bookshelf, and Wosbaits copied their contents into a Book of Replication.
• Webster and Wosbaits searched Ron's books and desk but found no correspondence or other clues.
• Wosbaits discovered a sheet of strange symbols in a desk drawer, and neither he nor Webster could identify them before Wosbaits copied them.
• Ron left the Flower Shop after dinner, and Webster and Wosbaits decided to follow him to the Church of the Goddess of Harvest.
• Ron sensed through the system that two Legendary-rank individuals were following him and felt exasperated.

Ron went to the Church of the Goddess of Harvest to conceal the system’s power behind divine favor while Webster and Wosbaits watched him in secret. A miracle transformed the church, and the Goddess’s phantom appeared before Ron instead of Bishop Maurice, leaving everyone stunned.

• Webster and Wosbaits agreed to investigate Ron and trace the Flower Shop’s supplier.
• Ron visited the Church of the Goddess of Harvest, where Bishop Maurice led a prayer service as Webster and Wosbaits secretly observed.
• A green light filled the church, creating flowers and grass and renewing the believers’ vitality while loosening Maurice’s magical bottleneck.
• The Goddess’s phantom formed above the believers and descended before Ron, ignoring Maurice.

Ron received the Goddess of Harvest’s blessing, became her Divine Favored One, and advanced to Tier Two Mage. Afterward, Bishop Maurice told him the church would report the miracle to its High Priest and explained that other figures, including Emperor Andre, had also been favored by gods.

• The Goddess of Harvest’s phantom kissed Ron’s forehead, nourishing his Magic Seed and raising him to Tier Two Mage.
• The goddess’s phantom vanished into Ron’s brow, leaving a rice-stalk mark and granting him the title Divine Favored One of the Goddess of Harvest.
• Webster and Wosbaits recognized Ron’s divine status and speculated about whether the goddess or her church had influenced the events surrounding his Flower Shop.
• Maurice brought Ron to the baptism chamber and congratulated him on receiving the goddess’s blessing.
• Maurice told Ron that he would report the matter to the High Priest, then named Emperor Andre and others as past figures favored by gods.

After the Goddess of Harvest favored Ron, Bishop Maurice proposed making him an honorary bishop and using his miracle to attract church donations. Ron learned his new defensive skill and confirmed that the Legendary figures following him could not enter his Dimensional Plane, then vanished from the storage room.

• Maurice told Ron that the church might invest him as an honorary bishop and asked permission to promote his miracle, which Ron granted on the condition that the claims remain truthful.
• Maurice began writing to the Imperial Capital's main church to report that someone favored by the Goddess of Harvest had appeared in Chaos City.
• A witness knelt before Ron in the street, and the system explained that Bursting Vitality could drain the life of anyone below Legendary tier when Ron faced an irresistible enemy.
• Ron learned that only a Legendary spatial mage might detect his Dimensional Plane, and the system would prevent anyone else from entering it.
• Ron postponed reading Nora's response, entered the storage room, and disappeared into the Dimensional Plane.

Webster and Wosbaits investigated Ron’s disappearance and concluded that he had entered an otherworldly space connected to the Goddess of Harvest. Ron tested the Favored One title’s effects on a Nether Orchid, then returned to the shop, leaving the two men to debate whether the Goddess’s involvement was dangerous.

• Webster and Wosbaits searched the storage room but found no trace of Ron or a teleportation array.
• Wosbaits proposed that Ron had entered a distant otherworldly space through a hidden connection, and they suspected the Goddess of Harvest was behind it.
• Inside the Dimensional Space, Ron used Seed Germination Technique on a Nether Orchid and discovered that it grew larger, gained stronger effects, and carried a trace of divinity.
• Ron realized divinity-imbued flowers could help him befriend Legendary figures, then returned to the shop after spending over an hour in the Dimensional Space.
• Webster and Wosbaits watched Ron emerge and speculated that the space belonged to the Goddess of Harvest, deciding to keep observing her influence.

After Ron’s miracle made him known as one blessed by the Goddess of Harvest, his magic lessons revealed divinity in his spells, leading Webster and Wosbaits to conclude that the goddess had favored him long before. Wosbaits left satisfied, while Webster returned to the Imperial Capital to report to Andre III.

• Nora greeted Ron, and he invited her upstairs for lunch before heading to the Magic Academy to study second-tier spells.
• Edith explained that news of Ron’s miracle had spread through the academy, then accompanied him to the training grounds.
• Webster and Wosbaits speculated that Ron’s magical talent had attracted the Goddess of Harvest and that he had received her blessing before the public miracle.
• Ron cast a Vine Spell whose faint divine aura astonished Edith and convinced Webster and Wosbaits that the goddess’s favor was extraordinary.
• Wosbaits decided the matter was settled and left, while Webster returned to the Imperial Capital to report what he had witnessed to Andre III.

After the two Legendary-rank figures left, Ron relaxed and began focusing on the Flower Shop again. When his friends suggested that he start a factory to produce Elemental Cards and Legendary Kill, he remained unsure whether the business was worth the trouble.

• Ron learned that the two Legendary-rank figures had left and felt relieved that his identity as a blessed of the Goddess of Harvest had explained the Flower Shop’s supplies.
• Ron collected his quest rewards, learned new spells, and ignored two System products that he suspected were a trap.
• Ron and Edith met Mason and Harper for skewers and cards, and Ron arranged to test his new Scale Vine with Harper and Edith the next afternoon.
• Mason told Ron that Elemental Cards had spread through the Magic Academy, where students and teaching assistants were making and playing them.
• Harper, Mason, and Edith suggested that Ron open a factory to produce Elemental Cards and Legendary Kill, but Ron worried it would be troublesome and considered the idea on his way back to the shop.

Webster learned that Ron was a Favored One of the Goddess of Harvest, while Wosbaits investigated mysterious symbols he had copied from Ron. Ron agreed to Nora’s request for time off, and the System turned her shopping trip into a date quest.

• Webster learned that Ron’s Favored One status could give the Church of the Goddess of Harvest a chance to expand its influence in the Empire.
• Webster heard that Wild Rose had placed Ron on its bounty list and ordered his people to fill all ten slots for the task.
• Wosbaits failed to decipher the copied symbols and decided to consult someone skilled in magic arrays without revealing the whole set.
• Nora asked Ron to take tomorrow night off so she could buy some things, and Ron agreed.
• The System triggered a quest requiring Ron to close the shop and accompany Nora on a shopping date.

Nora reflected on how much the shopkeeper had changed her life and grew hopeful about their planned shopping trip. On his way to the Magic Academy, Ron discovered that three unrelated assassins were targeting him, while Webster secretly followed them.

• Nora returned to her shack, remembered the shopkeeper’s help, and tried to suppress her hopes about shopping with him.
• Ron received a temporary mission to evade three Wild Rose assassins and saw that the System offered a costly spatial jump technique.
• The System identified two fifth-rank assassins and one sixth-rank assassin, who passed Ron without attacking because they were wary of one another.
• Ron learned that the sixth-rank assassin had placed a shadow mark on him and chose not to remove it.
• Webster secretly tracked Ron and the assassins, while Ron continued toward the Magic Academy and wondered who had ordered the attacks.

Ron had Harper and Edith test the defensive properties of his Scale Vines, then left to seek protection from the Magic Academy’s headmaster because assassins were still targeting him. He planned to offer the headmaster a Nether Orchid as a gift and would ask Professor Hicks for help if needed.

• Ron brought Scale Vines to Harper and Edith, who explained that detailed testing would require many experiments and volunteers.
• Harper and Edith found that the Scale Vines could withstand beginner-level magic without mana or battle aura and slowly recover from damage.
• Harper took charge of further tests and considered using the Scale Vines to modify the Academy’s Puppet Testing Ground.
• Ron left the laboratory and told Edith he wanted to see the headmaster because he still bore an assassin’s Shadow Mark.
• Ron considered offering the headmaster a Nether Orchid with a trace of divinity and decided he would ask Professor Hicks for protection if the headmaster refused.

Ron saw Ilya studying the Chinese characters “At Noon,” which the dean had given her, then entered Wosbaits’s office to meet the dean. After Ron presented him with a divinity-bearing Nether Orchid, Wosbaits asked whether Ron was being followed.

• Ron recognized the paper Ilya was carrying as “At Noon” and guessed the dean had distributed mysterious writings from Ron’s study to mages for research.
• Ilya took out “At Noon” again and eagerly studied its symbols as she walked away.
• Edith escorted Ron to the dean’s office, then left for the laboratory after Ron said he would miss barbecue with Mason and the others.
• Ron entered Wosbaits’s office, where a middle-aged mage had just received another sheet of mysterious writing from the dean.
• Ron gave Wosbaits a Nether Orchid bearing a trace of divinity, and Wosbaits secretly accepted it before asking Ron whether he was being followed.

Ron learned from Wosbaits that his status as the Goddess of Harvest’s Favored One could have made him a target, and that Wild Rose might be hosting a bounty on him. Wosbaits refused to intervene, but Ron changed the subject by offering to reserve rare Nether Orchids for him.

• Wosbaits spotted a shadow-type mark on Ron and identified it as a technique likely placed by a sixth-rank warrior.
• Wosbaits explained that Ron’s new status as a Favored One could threaten the balance between the Human Empire’s churches and attract powerful enemies.
• Wosbaits suggested that a bounty might have been posted through Wild Rose, whose missions could be claimed by up to ten assassins.
• Ron realized the three assassins he had encountered had likely been competing to claim the bounty and kill him.
• Wosbaits declined to help Ron, citing the academy’s neutrality and the possibility of internal imperial affairs.
• Ron dropped the request for help and offered to set aside rare Nether Orchids for Wosbaits in the future.

Ron sought Wosbaits’s help against the assassins targeting him, but the dean refused to involve the academy in church conflicts. After Webster claimed he had killed the pursuers, Ron’s system showed that one assassin remained, leaving him suspicious of Webster’s account.

• Wosbaits refused Ron’s offer of divinity-bearing Nether Orchids in exchange for help, citing the academy’s neutrality, while Ron argued that neither the city patrol nor the local Harvest Goddess church could reliably protect him.
• Wosbaits worried that Ron’s presence at the academy could force him to intervene if an assassin attacked, while Ron regretted that his Favored One status had drawn him into trouble.
• Webster climbed through the window and told Ron that the assassins following him had been dealt with.
• Ron checked his system and saw that the Evade Assassination mission was still incomplete at 2/3, despite Webster’s claim that the pursuers were dead.
• Webster confirmed that a bounty had been placed through Wild Rose and said he had killed one fifth-tier and one sixth-tier assassin, but Ron suspected he was concealing the survival of a third assassin.

Ron suspected Webster had deliberately concealed the third assassin and sent him out as a target, while the system assured him that his title badge would protect him. Believing the assassin was still waiting for a chance to strike, Ron went out with Nora to buy supplies and dinner, leaving their destination open.

• Ron left the Magic Academy convinced Webster had lied about the assassins and might be trying to kill him by using the survivor.
• Ron returned to his shop without being attacked and reasoned that the third assassin was still nearby because his system mission remained incomplete.
• Ron decided to leave the shop and draw out the assassin, trusting the title badge's Bursting Vitality to keep him safe.
• Ron invited Nora to go out for dinner near the place where she planned to buy supplies and told her to replace her patched old robe with new clothes.
• Ron and Nora closed the shop and stepped out onto the street.