Chapter Summaries

Yun Lan agreed to attend Advanced Nurturing High School after his father explained Sakayanagi’s request, while his mother arranged for him to help the struggling Yukinoshita family. Yukino accepted her family’s engagement arrangement to protect her younger sister, and Sakayanagi prepared to bring the White Room’s finest creation to the school.

• Yun Shen told Xia Yue that Sakayanagi wanted Yun Lan to attend Advanced Nurturing High School and that the engagement to Yukinoshita Yukikiyo’s family could help them.
• Xia Yue recalled Yun Lan’s childhood encounter with a pink-haired girl in Japan and agreed that he should go.
• Yun Lan agreed to attend Advanced Nurturing High School after Yun Shen asked him.
• Mother Yukinoshita told Yukino about her engagement to Yun Lan and suggested her younger sister could take her place if Yukino refused.
• Yukino accepted the arrangement to spare her younger sister from the family’s pressure, then left her mother’s study with her composure masking her distress.
• Sakayanagi reviewed a document identifying Ayanokoji Kiyona as the White Room’s finest creation and said he had brought someone in to keep another person in check.

Yun Lan arrived at school, met Ayanokoji Kiyona, and joined Class 1-B, where his reunion with Honami Ichinose surprised their new classmates. The chapter left the students meeting their homeroom teacher, Chie Hoshinomiya.

• Yun Lan gave his seat on the bus to an elderly woman and quietly criticized Rokusuke Koenji for not doing the same.
• Ayanokoji Kiyona followed Yun Lan after the bus ride, introduced herself, and exchanged contact information with him.
• Yun Lan learned that he was assigned to Class 1-B while Kiyona was assigned to Class 1-D.
• Honami Ichinose recognized Yun Lan when he entered Class 1-B, hugged him, and called him Brother Lan in front of the other students.
• Chie Hoshinomiya arrived and introduced herself as Class 1-B's homeroom teacher.

Yun Lan’s first homeroom covered the school’s monthly point deposits before Chie Hoshinomiya took him to meet Chairman Sakayanagi and Yukino Yukinoshita, his fiancée by an old family arrangement. After Yun Lan tried to dismiss the engagement and cited the school’s restrictions, Chairman Sakayanagi granted him special permission to contact the outside world and leave campus during breaks, while Yukino teased him about their future together.

• Chie Hoshinomiya explained that students would receive personal points monthly and dismissed the class, asking Yun Lan to stay behind.
• Chie brought Yun Lan to Chairman Sakayanagi’s office, where he met Yukino Yukinoshita.
• Chairman Sakayanagi praised Yukino and explained that she had come to visit Yun Lan.
• Yun Lan called the engagement an old joke and said the Yun Family would help the Yukinoshita Family regardless.
• Yun Lan cited the school’s restrictions on outside contact, but Chairman Sakayanagi granted him permission to contact the outside world and leave campus during breaks.
• Yukino leaned close to Yun Lan and said she was looking forward to their story as his fiancée.

After Yukino Yukinoshita left, Chie Hoshinomiya realized Yun Lan was the heir to the powerful Yun Family and saw him as a trump card against Sae. Chairman Sakayanagi introduced Yun Lan to Student Council President Manabu Horikita, leaving the two exceptional students formally acquainted.

• Yukino Yukinoshita teased Yun Lan, exchanged contact information with him, and left the office.
• Chie Hoshinomiya learned Yun Lan belonged to the Yun Family and decided he could help her keep Sae in check.
• Chairman Sakayanagi asked Yun Lan to stay because he wanted him to meet someone.
• Manabu Horikita arrived, and Chairman Sakayanagi introduced Yun Lan as his nephew and praised his talent.
• Yun Lan and Manabu Horikita introduced themselves, shook hands, and agreed to work together.

After leaving the Chairman's Office, Yun Lan confronted Chie Hoshinomiya about her attempt to use his family connections and threatened to arrange her dismissal by pooling upperclassmen's points. He left after warning her not to use Honami and him as tools for revenge.

• Chie Hoshinomiya probed Yun Lan about his influential family, but he insisted that he was first a student of Class 1-B.
• Chie offered to help keep his background secret if he did her a favor, and Yun Lan asked whether he could use points to have her dismissed.
• Chie pointed out that Yun Lan lacked enough personal points, and he explained that he could pool points from third-year Classes B, C, and D in exchange for a promise from the Yun Family.
• Chie recognized that Yun Lan was planning a cross-year point-buying scheme and asked why he wanted her gone.
• Yun Lan told Chie not to use Honami and him as tools for her revenge, then left her stunned in the hallway.

Chie Hoshinomiya reacted angrily to Sae Chabashira’s ambitions, while Manabu Horikita addressed the new students at the opening ceremony and marked a name in the register. Yun Lan reunited with Honami Ichinose and gave her his dorm key card, then felt awkward when her classmates watched them together in the cafeteria.

• Chie Hoshinomiya privately dismissed Sae Chabashira’s goal of reaching Class A.
• Manabu Horikita told the students that their achievements at the school would determine their worth and marked a name in the new students’ register.
• Yun Lan collected his dorm key card and met Honami Ichinose at the cafeteria.
• Yun Lan gave Honami his key card so she could have it copied.
• Honami told Yun Lan that her classmates were watching them and teased that leaving would make them look guilty.

Yun Lan accepted Honami Ichinose’s clumsy attempt to show that they were close and promised to indulge her. After asking her to wait in his dorm, he challenged several clubs for points and left with eight million personal points.

• Yun Lan saw through Honami Ichinose’s staged cafeteria encounter and told her she could simply ask him to go shopping with her.
• Honami admitted he had caught her, and the two shared a relaxed meal as the watching girls stopped whispering.
• Yun Lan invited Honami to rest in his dorm while he went to challenge the clubs for personal points.
• Yun Lan beat the Chess Club and signed a contract requiring its members to keep the match secret, earning 1.5 million points after paying 100,000.
• Yun Lan won more points from the Chinese Chess Club, Go Club, and Kyudo Club, bringing his total to eight million before heading back.

Yun Lan returned to his dorm, where Honami Ichinose visited him before leaving to meet him for dinner later. He rejected Yukino Yukinoshita’s arranged-marriage proposal, but Yukino decided they should still spend time together because her family needed the alliance.

• Yun Lan messaged Honami Ichinose and found her waiting in his dorm when he returned.
• Yun Lan told Honami Ichinose he had earned points through a deal, and she hurried away after leaving him her key card.
• Yukino Yukinoshita invited Yun Lan to go out on Saturday, and he told her he liked someone else and offered to explain their situation to their parents.
• Yukino Yukinoshita thanked Yun Lan but said they should still spend time together.
• Yukino Yukinoshita reflected that her family needed a husband and son-in-law, so she resolved to pursue the engagement on terms that benefited her and her family.

Yun Lan wondered why Yukino Yukinoshita had persisted after his rejection, then learned from his mother that the Yun Family supported a possible shift toward polygamy. He went to sleep unsure whether this would solve his romantic dilemma or lead to disaster.

• Yun Lan considered whether the Yukinoshita Family needed him as a son-in-law and worried about what choosing Yukino Yukinoshita would mean for Honami.
• Yun Lan's mother called and warned him to repay the Yukinoshita Family's kindness, and he admitted that he liked someone else.
• Yun Lan's mother said a polygamous marriage system was being discussed and advised him to pursue the girls he liked.
• Yun Lan's mother said she liked Ayaka and thought Elysia seemed promising, then ended the call.
• Yun Lan worried that his situation might end like Makoto Itou's and went to sleep.

Yun Lan accepted Honami Ichinose's offer to make him breakfast, then spent Sunday challenging the Kendo Club for personal points. After defeating several members, including its president, he left the club with his winnings.

• Honami Ichinose came to Yun Lan's room and cooked him breakfast, telling him she wanted to repay his kindness.
• Yun Lan teased Honami about wanting him all to herself, and she blushed and denied that they were a couple.
• Yun Lan went to the Kendo Club and challenged its members, wagering 500,000 personal points against Tianxia.
• Yun Lan defeated Tianxia and the vice president, then challenged the club president Sato for a million points.
• Sato accepted Yun Lan's challenge and lost after fifteen minutes, prompting Tianxia to realize Yun Lan had held back against the others.

After defeating the Kendo Club and accepting its points, Yun Lan praised the upperclassmen’s dedication, then challenged and defeated several other clubs. His victories earned him the nickname “demon king,” and he left dinner with Honami Ichinose aware that his growing reputation could become a weapon.

• Yun Lan accepted 1,000,000 personal points from President Sato, acknowledged the Kendo Club’s devotion to kendo, and received Sato’s recognition of his strength.
• President Sato ordered the Kendo Club members to add three thousand sword swings to their training after Yun Lan left.
• Yun Lan swept the Karate Club, Kyudo Club, Judo Club, and other clubs, while choosing not to take all their points so he could foster future connections.
• Students across the club building spread news of Yun Lan’s victories and began calling him the first-year “demon king.”
• Honami Ichinose told Yun Lan that he had become the center of attention, and he explained that his reputation could serve as armor or a weapon before walking her back toward her dorm.

Yun Lan analyzed Ayanokoji Kiyona’s carefully measured friendliness as a strategic move and decided to play along while keeping his ordinary-classmate mask. An unknown person then messaged him with a guessing game, and the pink-haired girl behind the account grew annoyed as he failed to identify her.

• Yun Lan greeted Ayanokoji Kiyona, who asked him to call her Kiyona because they were friends.
• After returning to his room, Yun Lan interpreted Kiyona’s approach as an attempt to assess and use him, and decided to treat their friendship as a strategy game.
• Yun Lan watched Kiyona head toward the cafeteria and considered how she might be observing the students there.
• An unknown account sent Yun Lan a friend request asking him to guess who it was, and he guessed Mei and then Mobius.
• The pink-haired girl on a train protested Yun Lan’s wrong guesses and hoped he would think of the name Elysia.

Yun Lan spoke with Elysia, who had called him while traveling in Europe after getting his number from his mother, Xia Yue. After wishing her a safe trip, he reflected on how characters from his former life’s anime and games had appeared in his new world and decided he wanted to keep everyone in his life.

• Elysia waited for Yun Lan to recognize her, and he messaged her that he knew who she was.
• Elysia called Yun Lan and explained that she had gotten his number from Xia Yue while visiting a café in Vienna.
• Yun Lan teased Elysia about her travels, then warned her to be careful as she headed for a train to a town near the Alps.
• After the call, Yun Lan sent Elysia a message wishing her a safe trip and asking her to send photos.
• Yun Lan reflected on the merged worlds and decided he did not want to give up on anyone.

Yun Lan warned Class 1-B to maintain the appearance of good students, then told Ryuji Kanzaki that the school’s generous benefits might conceal strict rules and penalties. He suggested Kanzaki test the teacher in class to learn how the school’s system worked.

• Yun Lan entered Class 1-B and observed Tetsuya Hamaguchi studying and Ryota Beppu chatting with classmates.
• Honami Ichinose introduced Yun Lan, who urged the class to avoid lateness, leaving early, and missing class.
• Ryuji Kanzaki asked Yun Lan what he meant, and Yun Lan clarified that students should play the part of good students.
• Yun Lan and Kanzaki discussed the school’s unusually generous monthly points and questioned whether student conduct could affect them.
• Yun Lan pointed to the classroom cameras and suggested Kanzaki test the teacher during class.

Ryuji Kanzaki interpreted the classroom’s lax discipline as part of a hidden assessment of how students behaved, then questioned Yun Lan about the test. Yun Lan invited Kanzaki to join him as a strategic player, and Kanzaki’s response was left unknown.

• Ryuji Kanzaki watched the teacher ignore students talking and concluded that the class was being assessed on how conscientiously they acted as students.
• After class, Ryuji Kanzaki asked Yun Lan whether he had recognized the assessment and why he had not warned everyone.
• Yun Lan explained that he had observed Kanzaki’s influence and Honami’s leadership potential, and saw Kanzaki as a practical partner for her.
• Ryuji Kanzaki asked whether Yun Lan feared he would betray the class to buy a place in Class A.
• Yun Lan argued that Kanzaki’s family status made the title less valuable to him and suggested he cared more about mastering the school’s game.
• Yun Lan invited Ryuji Kanzaki to join him as a player who would understand and use the rules.

Yun Lan and Kanzaki agreed to work toward graduating Class A with Class B, with Yun Lan staying behind the scenes while Kanzaki and Honami acted openly. At school, Kanzaki questioned Yun Lan about his lunch and his relationship with Honami, while Chie Hoshinomiya assessed Yun Lan’s ten-million-point wager and worried about his talent for exploiting the school’s rules.

• Kanzaki accepted the plan to work toward graduating Class A with Class B, while Yun Lan said he would remain hidden and let Kanzaki and Honami take the lead.
• Kanzaki asked Yun Lan whether he was dating Honami because he had brought lunch, but Yun Lan said they had known each other since childhood and that he had helped her.
• Kanzaki watched Yun Lan leave for the microwave area and privately wondered about his relationship with Honami.
• Hoshinomiya reviewed Yun Lan’s ten-million-point club wager and recognized how efficiently he had used the rules to gain resources.
• Hoshinomiya reflected on Yun Lan’s talent and the threat he might pose, then sat down looking deeply weary.

Chie Hoshinomiya studied Yun Lan’s points and considered how to make him an ally in her campaign against Sae Chabashira. She resolved to approach him gradually, while treating her own body, authority, and integrity as potential bargaining chips.

• Chie Hoshinomiya examined Yun Lan’s record and concluded that pressure or direct deals would not make him work for her.
• She planned to plant clues slowly and offer Yun Lan help at a moment when it seemed natural.
• Chie’s hatred of Sae Chabashira drove her to consider sacrificing her professional integrity and seducing Yun Lan to gain an advantage.
• She viewed Yun Lan’s family status and talent as a possible weapon against Sae Chabashira, while worrying that Rokusuke Koenji could become Sae’s trump card.

Chie Hoshinomiya considered Yun Lan a significant variable because of his Yun Family status, while the school announced an afternoon club recruitment event. Manabu Horikita decided to attend the event himself, replacing Vice President Miyabi Nagumo.

• Chie Hoshinomiya reflected that Yun Lan had drawn attention as a Yun Family heir and saw his club points as making him easier to notice.
• The school announced that the semester’s club recruitment event would take place at five o’clock in the First Gymnasium.
• Yun Lan remained focused on joining the Student Council, while Honami Ichinose planned how to organize the class and Ryuji Kanzaki noted the event details.
• Chie Hoshinomiya anticipated watching Yun Lan at the recruitment event and wondered how Sae Chabashira’s students would respond.
• Manabu Horikita reviewed a large transfer of points and told Akane Tachibana that he would attend the recruitment briefing instead of Miyabi Nagumo.

Manabu Horikita instructed Akane Tachibana to invite Yun Lan to the Student Council as a test of his abilities and potential. At the nearly finished club orientation, Yun Lan arrived with Honami Ichinose and said he would choose the Student Council.

• Manabu Horikita ordered Akane Tachibana to invite Yun Lan to the Student Council and tell him it was a routine talent assessment if he asked why.
• Manabu Horikita considered the invitation a way to assess Yun Lan and whether he could keep Miyabi Nagumo in check.
• Yun Lan and Honami Ichinose arrived at the First Gymnasium as Manabu Horikita finished his orientation speech.
• Honami Ichinose asked Yun Lan which club he wanted to join, and he said he would choose the Student Council because its rules were strict.

Yun Lan decided that the Student Council offered a better opportunity than joining a club, and secretary Akane Tachibana approached him with an invitation to interview for membership. He agreed to prepare a preliminary statement of interest before the council’s meeting the next day, while wondering what Manabu Horikita intended.

• Yun Lan considered joining a club but concluded that the Student Council held greater influence and better suited his ambitions.
• Akane Tachibana identified herself as Student Council secretary and asked Yun Lan whether he wanted to apply, citing his conduct and interest.
• Yun Lan said he was genuinely interested in joining and would follow the proper application process.
• Tachibana told Yun Lan that Manabu Horikita had invited him to submit a preliminary statement before the next day’s meeting for a brief interview.
• After Tachibana left, Honami Ichinose expressed surprise at the direct invitation, and Yun Lan wondered whether Horikita saw him as trouble or as a promising candidate.