Chapter Summaries

Ron secured the Gil Family’s merchant caravans as sales channels for Elemental Cards and hired Guy to manage their production and distribution. Guy accepted Ron’s offer, and they planned to discuss the work over grilled meat.

• Ron returned to his flower shop after arranging cooperation with Gil and considered the land, workers, and production needed for Elemental Cards.
• Nora told Ron that Viscount Herbert’s butler had bought twenty Golden Red Chrysanthemums for six hundred gold coins.
• Ron found Guy waiting in the shop and invited him upstairs to discuss a job managing Elemental Card production and sales.
• Ron explained that Guy would find planting land and a factory building and coordinate with the Gem Trade Alliance.
• Guy accepted Ron’s offer of a twenty-gold-coin base salary and a one-percent profit commission, and they agreed to discuss the work over grilled meat.

Andre III received detailed reports on Ron Andre’s flower shop, magical studies, and appointment as the Goddess of Harvest’s Favored One. He ordered measures to protect Ron in Chaos City and arranged for Princess Mia to represent the royal family at the coming ritual.

• Webster briefed Andre III on the Glorious Mercenary Group and Ron’s recent status as a Favored One.
• A middle-aged investigator reported that Ron’s Nether Orchids and Golden Red Chrysanthemums had attracted customers and business agreements with the Magic Academy and the Glorious Mercenary Group.
• The investigator detailed Ron’s studies with Edith, his divine appointment, and the Goddess of Harvest’s punishment of an assassin who attacked him.
• Andre III ordered flowers from Ron’s shop, assigned Princess Mia to attend the ritual, and arranged an open patrol squad for Ron’s safety.
• Andre III secretly assigned Yuna to stay near Ron without his knowledge.

Ron inspected a factory and riverside land with Guy, buying the factory for assembling Elemental Cards and deciding to purchase all the vacant land from the river to the foot of the Bondless Mountains. The chapter left Guy tasked with carrying out Ron’s ambitious land purchase.

• Nora sold Scale Vine to customers from the Magic Academy as sales continued to grow.
• Guy told Ron that he had found a factory and several plots of riverside land for him to inspect.
• Ron visited the factory with Guy and bought it to assemble and package Elemental Cards.
• Guy showed Ron vacant land beside the Dalle River near the Bondless Mountains.
• Ron learned that buying the land to the foot of the mountains would cost two or three hundred gold coins and ordered Guy to buy it all.

Ron considered how to revive Scale Vine sales after the Magic Academy and Glorious Mercenary Group found the plants less effective than expected. A new quest offered a Puppet Tree as its reward, while Ron prepared to visit the Harvest Goddess’s church and asked Nora to accompany him to the coming ritual.

• The Magic Academy signed a contract for one hundred Scale Vines per month after tests showed their defenses were costly and limited, and the Glorious Mercenary Group reported that battle aura reinforced them even less effectively.
• The system issued Ron a quest to double the flower shop’s revenue by solving the Scale Vine sales bottleneck, with a Puppet Tree and its cultivation method as the reward.
• Ron decided to wait for Harper’s experiment and focus on preparations for the Harvest Goddess’s ritual, leaving factory and monastery arrangements to Guy.
• At lunch, Ron asked Nora to attend the ritual with him because he might need her help, and Nora asked whether his new position would keep him away from the shop.
• After lunch, Nora washed the dishes while Ron headed to the church to ask about the ritual preparations.

Ron visited the church with Archbishop Ulysses to discuss preparations for a ritual and meet the convent’s nuns, whom he planned to have help him farm. He met Sister Sylvie as she emerged from the prayer room.

• Archbishop Ulysses accompanied Ron to the church and tried to encourage him to pursue greater influence, but Ron remained focused on his own projects.
• Bishop Maurice told Ron that the church would handle the ritual preparations and that Ron only needed to rehearse the procedure a day beforehand.
• Ulysses brought Ron to the rear hall, where he met a group of young nuns and learned they were Wood Magic mages.
• The nuns greeted Ron and privately reacted with surprise to his youthful appearance and beauty.
• Ulysses asked for Sylvie, and she came out of the prayer room and greeted Ron.

Ron inspected the church’s preparations for the sacrificial ceremony and asked to promote the Flower Shop’s plants to visiting dignitaries. After Ron invoked the Goddess’s wishes, Ulysses agreed to personally introduce the plants, leaving Ron confident he could earn the daily quest’s Puppet Tree seeds and cultivation method.

• Ron met Sylvie, the sixth-rank mage leading the sacrificial ceremony, and observed the church’s preparations.
• Ulysses instructed Sylvie to remain in Chaos City after the ceremony, protect Ron, and serve as his link to the convent.
• Ron asked Ulysses to set up a display for Flower Shop plants at the church entrance and have his shop assistant promote them.
• Ron explained that the Flower Shop had been established at the Goddess’s instruction, and Ulysses agreed to personally promote the plants to visitors.
• Ulysses called over a missionary to arrange the display, and Ron prepared to head home, relieved that his daily quest seemed assured.

Ron welcomed his younger sister, Princess Mia, and her etiquette teacher Irene to his flower shop in Chaos City. Mia agreed to have dinner with Ron, postponing a visit she had planned for that evening.

• Guy reported on the first batch of Elemental Cards and Gil’s promotional proposals, while Ron decided to consider the proposals later.
• Nora told Ron that his younger sister had come to visit, and Ron recalled that Princess Mia was the empire’s only princess.
• Mia explored the flower shop and Irene repeatedly reminded her to behave properly in public.
• Ron greeted Mia and Irene, asked about Andre III, and heard that Mia was tired of the young nobles seeking her favor.
• Ron invited the two to dinner, and Mia persuaded Irene to postpone their planned visit to Countess Walton until the next day.

Ron hosted Mia and Irene for a game of Elemental Cards while they waited for dinner, and Mia covered Irene’s face with drawings as punishment for losing. Irene lost another round to Mia and Ron, then tried to escape before Mia could finish drawing; the evening ended with Mia chasing her back.

• Ron invited Mia and Irene upstairs and brought out Elemental Cards to pass the time before dinner.
• Mia and Ron took turns drawing on Irene’s face as she lost round after round, while Ron grew more confident about releasing the game.
• Irene called landlord in a game of Dou Dizhu, but Mia’s strong hand and Ron’s cards left her struggling to win.
• Mia played her final card and won the round, leaving Irene devastated and demanding another game.
• Ron urged them to get ready for dinner and wash their faces, but Mia chased Irene, insisting that she honor the bet.

Mia teased Irene about Ron and his suitability as a husband, but Ron overheard their conversation and joined them for dinner. He served hotpot at the shop, leaving Mia and Irene unsure about sharing a communal pot.

• Mia urged Irene to admit Ron was an appealing marriage prospect, while Irene cautioned Mia to stay politically neutral among her brothers.
• Ron arrived and apologized for overhearing their private conversation, then invited Mia and Irene to dinner.
• Nora served the meal but declined to eat with Ron, Mia, and Irene because she was uncomfortable sitting with people of such high status.
• Ron explained how to eat hotpot, and Mia and Irene reacted with unease at the idea of sharing the same pot.

Ron hosted Mia and Irene for hotpot at the Flower Shop, then discovered that Lyle’s Barbecue Shop was struggling after two employees were poached and rival shops copied its grilling method. Lyle stayed optimistic, and Ron offered him more seasoning recipes while asking him to cook food for Nora.

• Ron served hotpot to Mia and Irene while Nora attended to them, and he gave Mia two decks of Elemental Cards.
• Irene took Mia away after Mia tried to stay overnight at the Flower Shop, and Nora relaxed once the princess had left.
• Ron went to Lyle’s Barbecue Shop and found Lyle grilling alone because Amelia and Ralph had quit.
• Lyle told Ron that the pair had been poached and that several rival barbecue shops had opened using the same grilling method.
• Ron helped deliver an order, offered Lyle more seasoning recipes, and asked him to grill food for Nora.

Ron considered how to help Lyle’s barbecue shop but decided not to interfere further, then discussed selling two versions of Elemental Cards with Gil. After narrowly hiding Gil’s illustrated booklets from Nora, Ron left the story with the booklets stashed under his bed.

• Ron handed Lyle the barbecue and a seasoning recipe, then decided against changing the shop’s business model because Lyle was content with its current earnings.
• Gil told Ron that the academy’s Elemental Cards appealed to nobles while standard cards suited ordinary people, and warned that selling one version to both groups could fail.
• Ron decided to release a noble edition using the academy’s magic-dueling rules and a cheaper commoner edition, and asked Gil to compile spell matchups into a booklet.
• Gil praised Ron’s plan, then left several illustrated booklets on Ron’s desk before departing with a lewd snicker.
• Ron hid the booklets when Nora approached, slipped them under his bed, and sighed that Gil had led him astray.

Ron asked Nora to help the Archbishop promote his plants at the sacrificial ceremony and assigned her longer reading reflections. He learned that Scale Vines became far more defensive after sustained blood-feeding and magic supply, then returned to find Mia and Irene playing cards with Nora at the Flower Shop.

• Ron told Nora to assist the Archbishop with promoting his plants and asked her to write thousand-word reflections on her unread books.
• Harper reported that Scale Vines reached strong defensive capability after fifteen days of both blood-feeding and magic supply, though they consumed heavily and worked better for mages.
• Harper said a Golden Red Chrysanthemum had helped him prepare an Explosive Potion for mass production, while Edith's Meditation Potion research had reached a crucial stage.
• Ron arrived at the Flower Shop and found Mia and Irene playing cards with Nora, who had little turtle drawings on her cheeks.
• Ron teased Mia for bullying Nora, then asked Nora whether the girls had made things difficult for her; Nora blushed and said they were nice.

Mia and Irene enjoyed Ron’s barbecue, and Mia talked about how confined and bored she felt in the palace. The next morning, Lyle faced pressure from a rival barbecue business, prompting Ron to ask the Glorious Mercenary Group to investigate.

• Mia and Irene ate grilled meat at Ron’s home, and Ron promised to write down the seasoning recipes for Mia.
• Mia asked Ron what he thought of Irene as a possible sister-in-law, then described how bored she felt with palace life and how much she wanted to hunt, race horses, and cook.
• Ron saw Mia and Irene off after they ate and played Elemental Cards.
• The next morning, Lyle drove away two goblins who tried to poach his workers and buy his Barbecue Shop, and he told Ron that a rival had already hired away his new apprentice.
• Ron offered to intervene but accepted Lyle’s refusal, then asked the Glorious Mercenary Group to investigate who was targeting the Barbecue Shop.

Ron learned that Count Walton’s steward had copied Lyle’s barbecue seasoning recipes and was trying to take over Lyle’s shop, while Mia proposed opening a hot pot restaurant in the Imperial Capital. The system offered Ron a side quest to help her launch it, and Mia agreed to speak with Count Walton before hinting that she had another idea.

• Ron expanded his Cultivation Space and reviewed the system’s daily quests while Mia continued visiting his shop for food and drinks.
• Mia asked Ron for permission to open a hot pot restaurant in the Imperial Capital, and the system triggered a side quest that would reward Ron with Spice Fir seeds and a cultivation method.
• Ron agreed to support Mia’s restaurant plan and decided the system’s reward was worth pursuing.
• Ron told Mia that Count Walton’s steward had copied Lyle’s barbecue recipes and was pressuring Lyle to sell his shop.
• Mia agreed to speak with Count Walton on Ron’s behalf, then hinted that she had an even better idea.

Mia proposed inviting Lyle to the Imperial Capital to help her open a restaurant combining hotpot and barbecue, and Ron agreed to support the idea if Lyle chose to go. Ron planned promotions for the restaurant and the Flower Shop while Nora returned four completed reading reflections and asked to borrow more books.

• Mia argued that Lyle’s Barbecue Shop would struggle against Count Walton’s expanding chain and proposed bringing Lyle to the Imperial Capital to open a hotpot restaurant with her.
• Ron approved Mia’s proposal but told her to persuade Lyle herself, then considered how hotpot and barbecue might work in the colder Imperial Capital.
• Ron reviewed his Flower Shop quests and drafted promotional ideas for the upcoming restaurant and the Flower Shop campaign.
• Nora gave Ron four thousand words of reflections on four books and asked to borrow more books from the study.

As the Church of the Goddess of Harvest prepared for a ritual ceremony, Ron brought Nora to help promote the Flower Shop’s plants. The archbishop sent Ron to change into ceremonial attire with six nuns, leaving Nora jealous as the ceremony’s guests began to arrive.

• Ron and Nora traveled to the Church of the Goddess of Harvest, where believers knelt to worship Ron as they passed.
• Bishop Maurice welcomed Ron and led him and Nora to the rear hall, where the archbishop and nuns were preparing for the ritual.
• Ron introduced Nora to the archbishop and handed over Nether Orchid, Golden Red Chrysanthemum, and Scale Vine for the Flower Shop’s promotion.
• The archbishop sent Ron to change, and six nuns led him into a private changing room while Nora watched uneasily.
• The archbishop took Nora to prepare for the arriving guests as Nora fretted over Ron changing clothes with the nuns.

Ron prepared to attend the Goddess of Harvest ceremony while church leaders and representatives from across the continent gathered. Before the ritual, Ulysses showcased three plants from Ron’s Flower Shop, attracting buyers and leaving the elf priest considering Scale Vines for the coming winter war.

• Ron emerged in a gold-and-green ceremonial robe and waited in the church’s rear hall until the ritual was ready to begin.
• Representatives of churches, nobles, royal families, and other races gathered in the side hall, where Ulysses arrived with Nora and the three plants from the Flower Shop.
• The Prophet descended into a gnome metallurgical puppet and offered to buy one thousand Nether Orchids after Ulysses explained their properties and price.
• Ulysses, Princess Mia, and Edith promoted the plants, and several guests expressed interest in buying them.
• The elf priest asked Edith about the Scale Vine’s defensive effects, and Edith explained that the research was incomplete and suggested testing a small purchase first.

Ron Andre underwent a public ritual at the Church of the Goddess of Harvest and received Heveste’s Life Belt, becoming the Goddess’s Agent. The ceremony concluded with the system announcing that he had earned a new achievement.

• At ten in the morning, Sylvie led Ron and the ritual procession slowly across the square toward the church’s main hall.
• After a series of prayers and ceremonies, Ron climbed the central altar and saw a belt on the emerald table.
• The altar’s magic awakened the belt, which released divine aura that strengthened Ron and benefited the nuns and worshippers.
• Sylvie bestowed Heveste’s Life Belt on Ron and declared him the Goddess’s Agent within the Church of the Goddess of Harvest.
• Sylvie fastened the belt around Ron’s waist, and the system announced that he had obtained a new achievement.

After the ceremony, Ron discovered the purpose of the Goddess's Representative title and learned that the church had given him a powerful divine belt. The Flower Shop then gained major customers and large orders, while Ron used his quest reward to obtain a Puppet Tree Seed.

• Ron equipped the Goddess's Representative title and realized that it made Sylvie's attitude toward him noticeably gentler.
• After the ceremony, Ulysses explained that Heveste's Life Belt strengthened its defense according to the wearer's faith and could improve the wearer's physique, so Ron accepted it.
• Ron returned to the Flower Shop with Nora and told her to handle small purchases while directing bulk buyers to his study.
• Customers bought Nether Orchids and Golden Red Chrysanthemums, and the Dwarf Kingdom, Elf Race, Gnome Race, churches, and noble houses made major orders or cooperation agreements with Ron.
• Ron received more than fifty thousand in deposits and sales, reached a wealth value above 100,000, and completed the daily sales quest.
• Ron claimed and absorbed the Puppet Tree Cultivation Method, noted that his Scale Vine quest was only at 2,700 of 5,000, and opened the Puppet Tree Seed in his Inventory.

Ron planted and rapidly grew the Puppet Tree in a new Cultivation Space, then created a chibi puppet modeled after himself and projected his consciousness into it. The chapter ended with the puppet standing upright on his palm.

• Ron learned that the Puppet Tree needed fifteen square meters of Cultivation Space and merged idle space to create a suitable plot.
• Ron paid for the expanded space, planted the Puppet Tree Seed, and accelerated its growth because the tree could not produce fruit in the outside world.
• The Puppet Tree matured, and Ron picked a fruit that transformed into a soft, stretchy chibi version of him.
• Ron formed a spiritual connection with the puppet and projected his consciousness into it, making it stand on his palm.