Chapter Summaries

William Spengler met with La Folia after she persuaded her family to let her approach him, and she showed her growing affection for him. He introduced himself and asked her name, leaving their conversation about to continue.

• La Folia left her parents and grandmother after arguing that Aldikia should seek an opportunity with William instead of focusing on a peace treaty.
• Muse Lihavain stopped Lucas from bringing La Folia back and remarked that the adults had been less perceptive than the child.
• William finished reading the Book of Worlds and met La Folia for tea.
• La Folia explained that her family had entrusted her to meet William because of her mediumistic talent, then sat beside him and flirted.
• William introduced himself as William Spengler and asked La Folia her name.

La Folia explained Aldikia’s situation and asked William to help the country resist the True Ancestors. William realized she intended to use his spiritual power to activate Aldikia’s Three Forbidden Weapons, and he left her answer under pressure.

• La Folia introduced herself as La Folia Lihavain and invited William to call her Fufu.
• La Folia explained the world’s history and Aldikia’s situation while William checked her account for lies.
• William recognized that La Folia wanted him to become a protector for Aldikia, and she suggested a more suitable title than True Ancestor.
• La Folia said her confidence came from William’s attitude and from combining his spiritual power with Aldikia’s Three Forbidden Weapons.
• William accused La Folia of wanting to use him as a battery and placed her under pressure, but she continued to smile.

William agreed to La Folia’s proposal to place the Lihavain Family under his authority and accepted her betrothal proposal. Four years passed, and the story moved to a warm day at the Aldikia Royal Palace.

• William agreed to La Folia’s proposal, warning that someone would stand above her royal family and asking whether they could accept the change in status.
• La Folia knelt before William and promised that the Lihavain Family would prove its integrity through its future actions.
• La Folia revealed that she wanted to become betrothed to William and said the idea was hers.
• William accepted La Folia’s proposal.
• Four years passed, and warm sunlight fell over the Aldikia Royal Palace.

Aldikia prepared for La Folia’s engagement banquet, where her parents reflected on her upcoming marriage to William and welcomed their political rival, Dimitrie Vatler. Vatler hinted that he wanted to assess William as his future opponent, and Lucas responded with laughter as the ceremony approached.

• Polifonia reminded Lucas that La Folia’s engagement to William was appropriate, and Lucas admitted he approved of his future son-in-law.
• Polifonia led Lucas toward the banquet hall as crowds and reporters gathered for the engagement celebration.
• Dimitrie Vatler, representing the Domain of the War King, greeted the royal couple and said he wanted to know his opponent for the coming decades.
• Lucas laughed at Vatler’s provocation, and Polifonia reprimanded him for behaving rudely at their daughter’s banquet.

At La Folia Lihavain’s engagement banquet, Vatler sensed unusual spiritual power in her fiancé, William, and struggled to contain his excitement. William became curious about the vampire noble, while La Folia encouraged him to test Vatler after the ceremony.

• Vatler grew excited while considering Lucas’s claim about his battle with Zeus, but Polifonia asked him to keep calm at her daughter’s engagement banquet.
• Vatler apologized and settled his magic power, and Polifonia led her furious husband away.
• During the ceremony, Vatler watched William onstage, bit his palm, and marveled at the young man’s spiritual power.
• La Folia noticed William looking at Vatler, and William said he was interested in meeting the vampire closest to the True Ancestor.
• La Folia suggested that William test Vatler after the banquet, and William smiled at his mischievous fiancée.

After the engagement party, Vatra returned to his ship and told his followers about William, the princess’s fiancé, whom he considered a promising opponent. The chapter left Gira and Tobias questioning whether William’s strength had truly earned Vatra’s interest.

• William agreed with La Folia that he would show the guests what he could do.
• Vatler left the engagement party as it ended.
• Vatra arrived at the Grave of the Deep Ocean, where Gira Lebedev Voltisrava and Tobias Jagkan greeted him.
• Gira asked Vatra why he seemed pleased, and Vatra said he had found a powerful opponent in the princess’s fiancé.
• Tobias questioned whether William’s personal strength was enough to have caught Vatra’s attention.

Vatra ordered Gira to prepare the border troops for renewed war, but William and La Folia appeared on the Sea Palace before the order could be carried out. After William effortlessly defeated Tobias, Vatra recognized that William was not human and asked what he was.

• Vatra ordered Gira to notify the border troops that the war was about to begin again.
• William and La Folia arrived on the Sea Palace, and William explained that he had come after someone at the engagement banquet kept looking him over.
• Tobias attacked William with his Beast Vassal, but William's barrier absorbed the fiery blast without a ripple.
• William sent Tobias crashing into the railing with an invisible force, causing the Beast Vassal to disappear.
• Vatra rejoiced at William's strength and asked whether he was human.

Dimitrie Vatler summoned three of his serpent Beast Vassals and began fusing them instead of attacking William. The fusion started as William faced Vatler’s growing power.

• Vatler challenged William’s confidence and summoned Sagara, a sea serpent that controlled water pressure.
• Vatler summoned Monas and Utpala, two more serpent Beast Vassals.
• Vatler’s three giant Beast Vassals coiled around one another and began to fuse.

William unleashed his World of Extreme Cold after Vatra’s attitude enraged him, freezing Vatra and Gira and dispersing Vatra’s Three-Headed Evil Dragon. William and La Folia then returned to La Folia’s bedroom at the Aldikia Royal Palace, where two people were waiting.

• Vatra fused three Beast Vassals into the Three-Headed Evil Dragon and challenged William to judge its power.
• William declared that Vatra’s gaze had angered him and used World of Extreme Cold, freezing Vatra and Gira as the dragon vanished.
• Tobias flew outside, saw his frozen master and companion, and prepared to attack William with Tyrant of the Demon Attack.
• La Folia warned Tobias to save Vatra and Gira instead, so Tobias directed his scorching breath at their ice blocks.
• William transported himself and La Folia to her bedroom at the Aldikia Royal Palace, where a broad-shouldered man rushed over and lifted La Folia into his arms.

Lafolia told Lucas and Polifonia how she and William had humiliated Vatra, and the royal couple celebrated the news. After Lafolia reported that witnesses from powerful nations and organizations had seen the battle, her parents left her and William alone for the evening.

• Lucas set Lafolia down after rushing to check whether she was hurt, and she reassured him that William had protected her.
• Lafolia recounted Vatra's humiliation, prompting Lucas and Polifonia to laugh and celebrate.
• William said he had nearly frozen Vatra to death, but Lafolia reminded him that killing Duke Aldial could provoke a war with the Domain of the War King.
• Lafolia reported that envoys from several major powers had witnessed the battle, and Polifonia concluded the news would spread.
• Polifonia understood Lafolia's hint, pulled Lucas away, and left Lafolia and William alone for the evening.

While sightseeing in Rome with La Folia, William witnessed a young girl use spatial magic to stop a fleeing robber. La Folia recognized that the girl was no ordinary person and prepared to explain who she was.

• William and La Folia arrived in Rome to explore the city after visiting Switzerland.
• At the airport, a robber fled with a backpack while a silver-haired Japanese boy pursued him.
• A petite girl in a black dress blocked the robber with her parasol, sending him tumbling down the stairs.
• The silver-haired boy caught the robber and retrieved the backpack as the girl disappeared.
• William asked La Folia about the girl, and La Folia prepared to give him background on her.

William learned that Nangong Natsuki, the Witch of the Void, possessed a grimoire on spatial manipulation and pursued her with La Folia. After several spatial jumps, Nangong Natsuki confronted them in a secluded alley, confident she could handle the pursuers.

• William recognized Nangong Natsuki as the Witch of the Void and became interested in her spatial-magic grimoire.
• William and La Folia vanished from the airport and began pursuing Nangong Natsuki through spatial jumps.
• Nangong Natsuki noticed her pursuers, delayed her trip, and chose a secluded spot where she could confront them unseen.
• Nangong Natsuki sensed the pair arriving and watched William and La Folia emerge from a golden magic circle.

William Spengler and La Folia Lihavain confronted Nangong Natsuki and William proposed exchanging a grimoire for the one she possessed. Nangong listened but questioned whether the deal was worth accepting, given William’s power and standing.

• Nangong Natsuki caught William and La Folia with the Chain of Commandments and demanded to know why they had followed her.
• William tore the divine chains apart, prompting Nangong to prepare her magic, before La Folia explained that they meant her no harm.
• La Folia introduced herself as Aldikia’s First Imperial Princess, and William introduced himself as its Spirit King and Fufu’s fiancé.
• Nangong recognized William from the reports about his fight with Dimitrie Vatler and softened her attitude toward the pair.
• William asked Nangong to trade her space-controlling grimoire for the grimoire in his possession, offering to meet any terms she set.
• Nangong considered William’s offer and wondered whether the grimoire was worth a favor from someone so powerful.

William and La Folia joined Nangong Natsuki on Gozo Island to hunt Black Death Emperor remnants, including the beastman Glan Sakharov. The chapter ended with a woman bringing a girl and a silver-haired boy to a drunken man she called Doctor.

• Nangong Natsuki agreed to continue discussing a deal after her assignment, and William offered to help her with it.
• William, La Folia, and Nangong Natsuki traveled by space jump to Gozo Island and set out in an off-road vehicle.
• Nangong Natsuki explained that the mission was to track down Black Death Emperor remnants and kill or capture Glan Sakharov and his group.
• William became interested when Nangong Natsuki said Glan Sakharov could use divine beast transformation and necromancy.
• A woman brought a girl and a silver-haired boy to a drunken man she called Doctor.

Akatsuki Kojo and Nagisa reunited with their father, Akatsuki Yajo, on Gozo Island, while William, Nangong Natsuki, and La Folia crossed a hidden barrier. The two groups met on the road, where Kojo and Nagisa thanked Nangong Natsuki for helping them at the airport.

• Akatsuki Yajo warmly embraced Nagisa and told Akatsuki Kojo to show her around Gozo Island while he handled something.
• William realized a defensive barrier was disrupting Nangong Natsuki's perception and disguised the car to pass through its back entrance.
• La Folia spotted Akatsuki Kojo and Nagisa running along the road ahead.
• William stopped the car beside the siblings, and Nagisa recognized Nangong Natsuki as the woman who had helped them at the airport.
• Akatsuki Kojo and Nagisa thanked Nangong Natsuki for her help.

William and Nangong Natsuki encountered Nagisa Akatsuki and her brother Kojo inside a barrier created by their father, Yajo. William invited the children to accompany them, explaining that Yajo was being targeted by an armed force, and the group prepared to continue together.

• Akatsuki Kojo objected when Nangong Natsuki called him and Nagisa brats, so she struck his forehead with her fan.
• William sensed two forces inside the barrier and asked the children who had created it.
• Nagisa introduced herself and Kojo, revealing that Yajo was their father, which prompted Natsuki to return to the car in disgust.
• Nagisa eagerly agreed to guide William and Natsuki, while Kojo questioned why they were going back to see Yajo.
• William invited Nagisa and Kojo into the car, telling Kojo that an armed force had targeted their father and that they planned to play the heroes.

Akatsuki Yajo reunited with Nagisa and Akatsuki Kojo before Nangong Natsuki arrived at the ruins to warn him of a threat. The Death Emperor Glan Hasalov and his beastmen surrounded the camp, and William challenged Glan to fight.

• Akatsuki Kojo reluctantly joined William's car, where Nagisa Akatsuki met La Folia.
• Akatsuki Yajo left the ruins to visit his daughter, but Nangong Natsuki confronted him with her magic before Nagisa explained that she had come to help.
• Nangong Natsuki revealed that a dangerous enemy was nearby, and Glan Hasalov emerged from hiding as beastmen surrounded the camp.
• William asked Glan whether he could perform a divine beast transformation, then challenged him to entertain him.

Glan transformed through Beastification and attacked William’s camp with the beastmen, but La Folia and Nangong Natsuki swiftly killed or restrained many of them. When Glan’s black flames failed to harm William, William froze the battlefield and left Glan encased as an ice sculpture.

• Glan underwent Beastification and led the beastmen in charging the camp, threatening to tear William apart.
• La Folia shot the armed beastmen while Nangong Natsuki used silver chains to bind and crush their attackers.
• Glan unleashed a cone of black flames at William and the camp.
• William summoned a howling icy wind that extinguished the flames and froze the surrounding ground and trees.
• William froze Glan into a three-meter-tall ice sculpture as Xiaoyacheng stared in disbelief.

William led Yajo and the others into the ruins where the Fourth Progenitor's Vessel, No. 12 Flame-Light Night-Earl, was believed to be hidden. Drawn by a powerful instinctive pull, he reached the chamber holding the Coffin of the Fairy and called Nagisa Akatsuki to him.

• William refused to take the defeated beastman back to his lab and gave his coat to the shivering Nagisa Akatsuki.
• Yajo brought William, La Folia, Nangong Natsuki, and his children to the ruins where the Fourth Progenitor's Vessel might be located.
• La Folia teased Nangong Natsuki about joining William's harem and said Nagisa Akatsuki was one of her chosen candidates.
• William entered the cavern, followed the magical energy, and hurried toward the chamber as a powerful sensation drew him in.
• Yajo explained that the stone doors led to the Coffin of the Fairy and had resisted both technology and Magecraft, and William beckoned Nagisa Akatsuki over.

William broke through the sealed ruin’s door with Orion’s Scorpion Shot and followed the growing pull into its depths. There, he and the others found a golden-haired girl frozen in an enormous block of ice, whom Nangong Natsuki identified as the Twelfth Primogenitor of the Night.

• William explained that the ruin’s seal could be broken by destroying its magic formula or overpowering it, then chose to blast the door open.
• William used Orion’s Scorpion Shot, shattering the door and revealing a passage filled with freezing air.
• William and La Folia entered the passage, followed by Nangong Natsuki, Akatsuki Kojo, Liana, and Nagisa.
• The group reached a circular room and found a girl asleep inside a vast block of ice on an altar.
• Nangong Natsuki identified the girl as Number Twelve, the Primogenitor of the Night, while Liana excitedly recognized her.
• William realized the girl’s presence explained his attraction to vampires and walked toward her icy coffin.