Chapter Summaries

Charlotte and Chloe fought to a standstill until Charlotte’s concealed armor-piercing bullet revealed that Chloe possessed the Proof of Oaths, making ambushes against him difficult. After an exhausting day, Chloe vowed to lead an army charge instead of dueling again, while Charlotte considered raiding the enemy camp with his beastman warriors.

• Charlotte and Chloe traded spear attacks for more than half an hour, with Chloe’s Proof of Hills deflecting Charlotte’s Energy Bullets.
• Charlotte fired a concealed Demon-Breaking Armor-Piercing Bullet, but Chloe’s Proof of Oaths warned him in time to deflect it.
• Chloe angrily challenged Charlotte to fight head-on, while Charlotte realized the Proof of Oaths had foiled his plans to ambush him.
• Charlotte and Chloe fought until both were exhausted, then returned to their camps.
• Chloe told his adjutant he would stop dueling and lead an army charge the next day.
• Charlotte restored his energy and considered raiding Chloe’s camp with his nine Transcendent beastman warriors.

Charlotte abandoned the plan to sacrifice his subordinates to kill Chloe and continued retreating through Black Phoenix Dynasty territory, while his raids disrupted the enemy’s supply lines and helped Kreil Brittany and Abner Sumay on the main battlefield. After blundering into Iya Town, Charlotte took the city and learned that he could not leave until he had levied taxes there eighteen times.

• Charlotte withdrew most of the West Wind Knight Regiment’s soldiers and supplies, leaving elite troops to cover their retreat instead of raiding Chloe’s camp.
• Charlotte’s maneuvers behind enemy lines stretched the Black Phoenix Dynasty’s forces, allowing Kreil Brittany to push back the main Knight Order and Abner Sumay to capture two auxiliary Knight Orders.
• Charlotte continued plundering and transporting supplies away, leaving Chloe’s pursuing army short of provisions.
• After a werewolf reported that Iya Town lay ahead, Charlotte ordered the West Wind Knight Regiment to take the city.
• Iya Town’s residents surrendered with little resistance, and Charlotte received a message requiring him to levy taxes eighteen times before he could leave.

Charlotte returned to Interlaken City after Labyrinthizing Iya Town and escaping the pursuing forces. Kreil Brittany and Abner Soumei told him the Brittany Offensive had ended and the main Knight Orders would leave South Seraph, while Charlotte would remain to administer several cities.

• Charlotte completed the Labyrinthization of Iya Town, withdrew before nearby forces arrived, and took the town’s wealth and most of its stored grain.
• After Iya Town was restored to normal, Charlotte hurried to Interlaken City, where Italo Calvino had assigned homes to returning residents by lottery.
• Chloe pursued Charlotte after believing rumors about his plundering, but Charlotte crossed the front lines and returned to Interlaken City safely.
• Kreil Brittany and Abner Soumei told Charlotte that Byron’s reinforcements had forced the Empire to abandon the Brittany Offensive and South Seraph.
• Charlotte asked to remain in South Seraph, and Abner offered to appoint him administrative officer of several major cities.
• Kreil Brittany said the Purple Finch and Maple Leaf Knight Orders would leave, leaving only the West Wind Knight Regiment in the Duchy of Behemoth and the Nansera Territory.

Charlotte consolidated control of South Seraph, built up the West Wind Knight Regiment, and arranged a tacit war with Chloe while governing the territory. After the Empire of Fars appointed him civil affairs officer of five major cities and news arrived of an alliance with Inglima, Grand Princess May Guillaume came to the front lines to settle a personal score.

• Kreil Brittany transferred defensive zones and Knight Orders to Charlotte, who reorganized them into the West Wind Knight Regiment and expanded its combat squads.
• Charlotte and Chloe agreed to suspend their fighting and cultivate before dueling again, leaving their armies in a tacit standoff.
• Charlotte spread The Legend of Charlotte and promised lenient policies and no future taxes, winning support among the Madame Nansera while profiting from wartime seizures.
• A delegation from Strasbourg appointed Charlotte civil affairs officer of South Seraph's five largest cities and announced that Fars and Inglima had allied against Byron, the Black Phoenix Dynasty, and the Orc Tribal Alliance.
• Grand Princess May Guillaume and Aurora Soumei arrived with detectives from the Fiery Steed Detective Agency, and May told Charlotte she planned to settle a personal score in Silver Doveburg.

Charlotte learned that Princess Mei knew about his novels and the labyrinth passages, then discovered why she had come to South Seraph: to push him into dictating more manuscripts. The chapter left him back at work under Princess Mei’s relentless supervision.

• Princess Mei explained that she had encountered Menilman in Cappadocia City through the labyrinth passages and revealed that Anne had admitted writing the novels under the name Anne Mecklen.
• Charlotte confessed that he had hidden his authorship because he was naturally shy, then learned Menilman had gone to Cappadocia City at his suggestion and taken his fleet with her.
• Charlotte reflected on Menilman’s limited power, his own many government positions, and his determination to stand by Anne rather than use her for political gain.
• Charlotte realized Princess Mei had come to South Seraph to make him resume dictating novels and had summoned Italo Calvino to help push the manuscripts.
• Princess Mei supervised Charlotte’s dictation so relentlessly that he worked whenever he was not eating or sleeping, with a clerk even following him when he went to relieve himself.

Chloe challenged Charlotte, but Princess Mei stopped him and knocked him unconscious so Charlotte could continue dictating his novel. Later, Princess Mei took Charlotte to Silver Doveburg to meet Menilman, leaving him realizing he was in the hands of Menilman's enemy.

• Chloe challenged Charlotte after his battle aura advanced and he condensed the Proof of Earth.
• Princess Mei intervened, warned Chloe not to disturb Charlotte's writing, and knocked him unconscious.
• Chloe's female adjutant rushed out, collapsed on top of him, and fainted after finding he was alive.
• Charlotte heard rumors about Chloe and his adjutant lying beneath the city walls, then resumed dictating his manuscript.
• Princess Mei took Charlotte to Silver Doveburg, where Menilman had arrived, and Charlotte realized he was with Menilman's enemy.

Charlotte traveled with Princess Mei toward Menilman, recited a fantasy novel for her, and learned she wanted him to publish it in Inglima while praising Lionheart King Charles. The chapter ended with Charlotte unknowingly taking credit for a ghostwritten story whose secret would remain hidden for generations.

• Princess Mei stopped flying after a short distance and had Charlotte bring out the Dark Luxury so she could conserve her strength for Menilman.
• During the carriage ride, Princess Mei admitted she was uneasy about being alone in an enclosed space with an unrelated man, and Charlotte tried to ease the awkwardness by offering to recite a novel.
• Charlotte began telling Princess Mei a fantasy story about children who found a snowy world inside a wardrobe, and she asked whether he had modeled it on Lionheart King Charles.
• Princess Mei told Charlotte to publish the book in Inglima and praise the Lionheart King, and Charlotte agreed to publish all his novels there if he received manuscript fees.
• The narration revealed that Anne had secretly hired a young lady to write an extra story, and that the ghostwriter's royalties and hidden authorship would only be discovered by her descendant generations later.

Charlotte returned to Silver Doveburg with Princess Mei and found Senior Menilman waiting in Dark Luxury. After the two Saints fought and later departed, Charlotte received a letter from Menilman containing major news, but its contents were not revealed.

• Princess Mei and Menilman exchanged threats inside Dark Luxury, and Charlotte retracted the carriage to protect it.
• Princess Mei blasted Charlotte away, and Menilman stood between him and the princess before the two Saints fought in the sky.
• Charlotte fled the battle and returned to Silver Doveburg, where residents welcomed him and asked about the fighting.
• Princess Mei announced that they would return to Sedona City in three days, then Menilman warned Charlotte not to provoke her and collected supplies before leaving.
• A steward gave Charlotte a letter Menilman had left, and Charlotte was startled by the major news in its opening line.

Charlotte weighed Menilman’s plan to seize Saint Michael’s Island and traveled to Cappadocia City, where the residents welcomed him enthusiastically. Menilman explained that her fleet needed an infiltrator to support an attack on the Golden Goat Fleet, and Charlotte learned that many people on the island already knew him.

• Charlotte considered joining Menilman’s campaign, but delayed his decision while planning to use Cappadocia City for more Labyrinthizations and to learn about the New Continent.
• After Princess Mei and Aurora left, Charlotte arranged affairs in South Seraph and the Duchy of Behemoth, then traveled through a passage to Cappadocia.
• Cappadocia’s residents crowded around Charlotte and escorted him to the city lord’s manor, where Menilman, Cruz, and Seaman welcomed him.
• Menilman told Charlotte that her clashes with the Golden Goat Fleet had ended in mixed results and that she needed someone to infiltrate Saint Michael’s Island.
• Charlotte asked whether anyone on the island knew him, and Menilman replied that he was already famous there.

Charlotte agreed to infiltrate Saint Michael's Island for Menilman after learning that Domitian had arranged the mission to help resolve the Agmilas crisis. Menilman gave him a copy of the orc Bloodthirsty Battle Qi secret method and assigned him tasks to gather intelligence, contact the Golden Deputy Goat, free three imprisoned Saint Rank experts, and investigate the island's ancient warship; Charlotte began preparing for the infiltration.

• Menilman explained that Domitian had taught Charlotte the Beast God Transformation Technique so he could disguise himself as an orc slave and enter Saint Michael's Island.
• Menilman said Domitian could help resolve the Agmilas crisis if Charlotte acted as an insider, and Charlotte agreed to assist in taking the island.
• Charlotte asked for the orc Bloodthirsty Battle Qi secret method, and Menilman gave him an original scroll left by Domitian, explaining the Eight Great Orc Blood Oaths.
• Menilman tasked Charlotte with gathering information, contacting the Golden Deputy Goat resistance, freeing three Saint Rank prisoners, and uncovering the secrets of Saint Michael's Island and its ancient warship.
• After spending a day resting, Charlotte prepared to infiltrate the island and sent Bangle Mountain and Unicorn Vulture back to Machu Picchu, taking only a few weapons and Blood Spirit Rhino.

Charlotte infiltrated a slave ship bound for Saint Michael's Island by hiding aboard as it sailed from Cappadocia City. After witnessing the cramped, brutal conditions endured by the orc slaves, he resolved to destroy the island and end the slave trade if he survived.

• Charlotte reviewed his weapons and missing artifacts, then focused on cultivating the Demonic Flame Horse ability to improve his chances of surviving the mission.
• After Menilman reported that the slave ship had reached the designated waters, Charlotte boarded a merchant vessel and sailed from Cappadocia City.
• The merchant vessel drew the slave ship's fire and fled, while Charlotte dove beneath the pirate ship, clung to its hull, and secretly climbed aboard.
• Charlotte hid aboard for several days, then transformed into a frail Overback Red Bear youth and let the crew mistake him for an escaped orc slave.
• The crew forced Charlotte into the overcrowded lower hold, where he saw the orc slaves' suffering and vowed to destroy Saint Michael's Island and end the slave trade.

Charlotte cultivated Bloodthirsty Battle Qi while imprisoned aboard a slave ship, then reached Saint Michael's Island and was put to work repairing its walls. After secretly trying to make a pirate fall from the battlements, he was recruited by a minor pirate leader.

• Charlotte's old Seed of Power shattered and combined with Bloodthirsty Battle Qi to form a new seed in his lower abdomen.
• The slave ship arrived at Saint Michael's Island, where Charlotte and the other captives were sent to a slave warehouse.
• A pirate selected Charlotte and hundreds of other slaves, who were assigned hard labor on the island's walls.
• Charlotte shoved a sleeping pirate off the battlements, then grabbed his wrist and called for help, prompting nearby pirates to rescue him.
• A minor pirate leader stopped Charlotte and offered him a place on his short-handed crew.

Charlotte infiltrated the Golden Goat Pirate Group on Saint Michael’s Island, where he gained the trust of slaves and pirates before Boss Monkey ordered an attack on him. Charlotte killed Boss Monkey and his men, and his Seed of Power exploded as he howled.

• Charlotte spent seven or eight days building connections on Saint Michael’s Island and secretly practiced Bloodthirsty Battle Qi.
• A pirate ambushed Charlotte and confessed that Boss Monkey had ordered him to kill him; Charlotte killed the attacker and dragged his body to Boss Monkey.
• Charlotte challenged Boss Monkey, who admitted he wanted to serve bear paws to a guest from the New Continent and ordered his pirates to attack.
• Charlotte used his cudgel technique to kill several pirates and then fought Boss Monkey, breaking the beastman’s neck.
• Charlotte howled as the Seed of Power in his lower abdomen suddenly exploded.

Charlotte used his new Bloodthirsty Battle Qi to take command of Boss Monkey’s pirate squad and build his strength among the Golden Goat Pirate Group’s bottom-tier pirates. When Black Seahorse ordered him to jump into the sea, Charlotte grabbed the pirate and leaped from the wall with him.

• Charlotte defeated Boss Monkey, claimed command of his squad, and taught more than ten strong slaves the Beast God Transformation Technique.
• Charlotte learned that Saint Michael City’s transient population was divided among pirate factions led by Transcendent bosses, and he ignored their recruitment offers.
• A pirate reported that a length of iron chain was for sale for five Gold Pounds, but Charlotte refused the exorbitant price.
• Black Seahorse ordered Charlotte to jump into the sea, and Charlotte grabbed him and leaped off the wall.

Charlotte killed Black Seahorse with Dark Corrosion and took over his patrol and pirates. He built a larger force from rescued slaves, then was summoned by Deep Sea Squid to welcome the Golden Goat Fleet’s flagship.

• Charlotte struck Black Seahorse underwater and destroyed him with Dark Corrosion.
• Black Seahorse’s pirates followed Charlotte after their leader failed to surface, and Charlotte took over his residence and patrol duties.
• Charlotte recruited more than five hundred slaves into his direct force and taught the Beast God Transformation Technique to several dozen of them.
• Deep Sea Squid summoned Charlotte to the harbor to welcome the Golden Goat Fleet’s flagship.

Charlotte waited at Saint Michael’s Island for Golden Goat Herolf and the returning pirates, then spent the night distributing their plunder. After seeing Queen Bee, the Golden Goat Fleet’s legendary Ancient Magic Warship, Charlotte secretly decided he wanted it for himself.

• Charlotte waited at the harbor as Deep Sea Squid arrived with his subordinates, then watched Queen Bee approach the island.
• Golden Goat Herolf arrived aboard Queen Bee, greeted Deep Sea Squid, and went to his palace while Charlotte stayed behind.
• A pirate fleet docked that night, and Charlotte led his men in unloading and delivering its wealth and slaves to the pirates.
• Charlotte finished the exhausting work at dawn, returned to the harbor, and resolved that Queen Bee would someday be his.

Charlotte infiltrated the Queen Bee while its crew was ashore and fought his way to the captain's cabin. After clearing the Mirror World of its crew replicas, he found himself surrounded by Mirror Spirits and stepped into a porthole.

• Charlotte paid a pirate to board the Queen Bee, then killed him and entered the cabins.
• Charlotte killed pirates who challenged him, took their clothes and rapiers, and made his way toward the captain's cabin.
• Charlotte avoided the guards and red snake at the cabin door by using the Colorless Blade and Blood Flame Transformation Technique to enter through the walls.
• Charlotte entered the Mirror World, fought the Queen Bee crew's Mirror Spirits, and killed them all.
• Charlotte used the mirror to expose every part of the captain's cabin to the Mirror World, then saw Mirror Spirits watching him from all five portholes.
• Charlotte stepped into one of the portholes.

Charlotte fought and killed the Mirror Spirits in the Mirror Worlds linked to the Queen Bee’s five portholes, taking control of their seas and merging them with the captain’s cabin mirror. As he prepared to leave, he saw Golden Goat Herolf angrily berating several subordinates in the cabin.

• Charlotte killed a Mirror Spirit by surprising it with the Red Rattlesnake and realized the five portholes’ Mirror Worlds were connected.
• Charlotte lured two more Mirror Spirits with the Red Rattlesnake, killed them, and expanded the Mirror World under his control.
• Charlotte split the mirrored sea and fought the two remaining Mirror Spirits, using the Hands of Blazing Flame to kill sea creatures and weaken their territory.
• Charlotte killed both remaining Mirror Spirits and merged the five porthole Mirror Worlds with the captain’s cabin mirror.
• Charlotte saw Golden Goat Herolf angrily berating several subordinates as he prepared to leave the Mirror World.

Charlotte evaded Golden Goat Herolf’s search of the Queen Bee and discovered a way to destroy Mirror Spirits by reflecting only part of his body. He began harvesting the ship’s Mirror Worlds, but progress was slow and he remained unable to face more than five Mirror Spirits at once.

• Golden Goat Herolf released Queen Bees to search the ship for Charlotte, but they found no trace of him and Herolf claimed the intruder had escaped.
• Charlotte recognized the search insects as matching the ones from the Bag of Insects and wondered whether the artifact was connected to the Queen Bee.
• Herolf brooded over Menilman, Zimmerman, and his stalled strength before drinking himself to sleep aboard the ship.
• After Herolf went ashore the next day, Charlotte pulled a Mirror Spirit partway through a porthole and discovered that it could only manifest the strength of the reflected body part.
• Charlotte began destroying Mirror Spirits through the Queen Bee’s portholes, but by afternoon he had handled less than a tenth of them and knew he could not confront more than five at once.

Charlotte expanded his control over the Queen Bee’s porthole Mirror Worlds and gained the Mirror Gate, then returned to Saint Michael City to test a Mirror Spirit that resembled him. Their fight ended with the spirit terrified as Charlotte’s Blood Rose flew toward him.

• Charlotte linked the portholes he controlled aboard the Queen Bee to create the Mirror Gate, which let him open a mirror door and return to the Mirror World.
• After the Ancient Magic Warship set sail, Charlotte left the Queen Bee, returned to Saint Michael’s Island, and rested before resuming his activities as a pirate.
• Charlotte explored Saint Michael City and entered the Mirror World through a shop window to confront his own Mirror Spirit.
• The Mirror Spirit asked to borrow Charlotte’s body, but Charlotte attacked him after realizing that the spirit had lied and remained outside his control.
• Charlotte and the Mirror Spirit fought through the Mirror World’s streets, and the spirit looked terrified when Charlotte threw Blood Rose at him.