Chapter Summaries

Allen saved Rolls from a forest serpent during the preparations for Buena Village’s winter hunt, then returned home with the others. As the snowfall delayed the hunt, Allen noticed Paul and Lilia behaving strangely at night and went to investigate the sounds coming from the maid’s room.

• Allen cut the forest serpent apart just before it killed Rolls, and Sylphy clung to both her father and Allen in relief.
• Paul and Rolls explained the hunt plan, which used nets and bows to reduce magical beasts that threatened the village’s crops and residents.
• After five days of preparations, the group returned home as snow began falling, and Paul reunited eagerly with Zenith.
• Over the next week, Allen heard Paul and Zenith’s late-night encounters and noticed Lilia repeatedly bathing after midnight.
• On the seventh night, Allen followed muffled voices and bed noises from the maid’s room at the end of the second floor.

Allen anticipated a family crisis over Lilia’s pregnancy and hoped it would raise his stagnant participation score. When the system assigned him a quest to redeem Lilia and replace Rudy’s role in Aisha’s story, he was shocked at being pushed into the conflict.

• Allen wondered whether the affair and Aisha and Norn’s births would earn him participation points, and learned that scores above 60 came from deeply participating in major events.
• During the persistent winter of Kouryuu Calendar 412, Lilia revealed to the Greyrat family that she was pregnant.
• Zenith froze at the news, Paul reacted in shock, and Rudy stared between them as Allen tried to stay out of the dispute.
• The system assigned Allen an immediate quest to answer Lilia’s plea for help, offering 20 participation points if he handled it properly.
• Allen protested that the quest could get him and Lilia thrown out of the house.

Allen’s attempt to take the blame for Paul’s affair with Lilia confused the family and drove Zenith upstairs, leaving the household’s future uncertain. Allen urged Paul and Lilia to apologize and let Zenith decide what happened next, and Rudy agreed to go with them.

• Allen blurted out that he was a father again, causing Zenith to realize Paul was responsible for Lilia’s pregnancy and slap him.
• Zenith accused Paul of hiding behind Allen and failing to take responsibility, then returned to her bedroom without calling a family meeting.
• Rudy proposed shifting the blame to Paul to keep Lilia in the house, but Allen rejected the idea and warned that it ignored Zenith’s feelings.
• Allen told Paul, Lilia, and Rudy to consider Zenith’s perspective, apologize, explain what their family meant to them, and leave the decision to her.
• Rudy agreed with Allen and invited Paul and Lilia to go upstairs with him.

After Paul and Lilia confessed and sought redemption, Zenith chose to remain with the family, and Allen received their heartfelt thanks. As the Greyrats celebrated Allen’s tenth birthday, he reread Lokkishi’s letter and resolved to use his future sight rather than accept the characters’ fates.

• Allen listened from downstairs as Paul, Lilia, Zenith, and Rudy confronted the infidelity and reached a reconciliation, with Zenith deciding not to leave.
• Zenith, Lilia, and Paul embraced Allen and thanked him for helping them repair their family, earning him a system evaluation of 90 childhood participation points.
• Allen reread Lokkishi’s letter and examined the blue magic-stone necklace she had sent for his birthday, then wrote notes about the Great Transfer, Zenith, and Paul.
• Paul stayed home through the winter to care for the pregnant Zenith and Lilia, and the Greyrat family held a grand tenth-birthday celebration for Allen.
• After the celebration, Allen crossed out his resolve to respect the characters’ fates, wrote “Future Sight,” and declared his earlier restraint hypocritical as snow began falling again.

Allen read Lokkishi’s winter letter in Buena Village and wrote back, sending her a snowflake’s imprint as a flower. As winter continued, Allen comforted the infant Aisha while a note about Future Sight remained hidden in his drawer; Lokkishi fell asleep clutching a miniature wooden doll of herself, and the chapter ended with six months remaining before the original story’s Tutoring Period and the end of its childhood arc.

• Lokkishi wrote to Allen about her invitation to tutor the Shirone Prince, shared news about Sylphy, and sent him a dried lotus petal as a bookmark.
• Allen examined Lokkishi’s gifts and wrote back, telling her he liked the Evil God Figurine and imprinting a snowflake onto the paper as his own flower.
• Allen found a crumpled sheet covered in the words “Future Sight,” then left his room when he heard Norn and Aisha crying.
• Allen calmed Aisha by making a spoon dance with Flow Arcana while Zenith, Rudy, and Lilia cared for Norn.
• Lokkishi went to sleep holding a wooden doll of herself as the chapter noted that six months remained before the Tutoring Period and the end of the childhood arc.

Allen, Rudy, and Sylphy joined Rolls to help Paul confront an unusually large demon beast tide. The villagers struggled to hold the protective net as hungry beasts crowded around them, and Paul discovered that the snow was riddled with demon beast burrows.

• Sylphy told Allen that Rolls had warned of an early demon beast tide, and Rudy explained that last winter's hunt had been limited after Rolls's accident and Paul's absence.
• Allen encouraged Rudy and Sylphy to accompany him and Rolls to the forest, and Zenith agreed that the children should gain experience.
• Rolls accepted Allen's proposal, and Allen, Rudy, and Sylphy left with him to help Paul and the villagers.
• The villagers fought demon beasts pressing against the protective net while Paul rescued a villager from a Saw-Spined Rabbit and exposed many burrows beneath the snow.
• Paul saw scarlet eyes lighting up inside the burrows as more hungry demon beasts began gathering around the exhausted villagers.

As Allen struggled with his stalled participation score, the system warned him that his rational, results-focused approach might be keeping him from gaining the final ten points. Sylphy mistook his distant mood for longing for Teacher Lokkishi, and Rolls and Rudy stopped to stare at him.

• Rolls listed the many D-rank demon beasts threatening Buena Village, while Rudy asked what magic would work best against them.
• Sylphy noticed Allen had been frowning and speaking less for the past half year, and asked what was troubling him.
• Allen saw that his childhood participation score remained at 90 despite a year of trying to earn more points.
• The system criticized Allen for always choosing the most advantageous and safest course, suggesting he needed to become entangled in events to gain the remaining points.
• Sylphy asked Allen if he missed Teacher Lokkishi, and Rolls and Rudy turned to watch his reaction.

Allen arrived just in time to save the villagers as a collapsing tree sent monsters raining down on them. His Saint-class strength slaughtered the monsters and drove the horde back into the forest, leaving him to reunite with Paul and face the mixed reactions of Rolls, Sylphy, and Rudy.

• Paul fought alone at the forest edge for hours until his battle qi was nearly exhausted and a tree supporting the protective net began to fall toward the villagers.
• Allen appeared beneath the falling monsters, used Sense Flow and his sword to cut them down, then climbed the collapsing trunk and destroyed the monsters on it.
• Allen landed among the monsters with Avalanche Drop, crushing them and staining the snow with blood.
• The scent of blood frightened the remaining monsters, which fled deeper into the forest, and Paul recognized that Allen had turned the tide.
• The villagers cheered and tossed Allen into the air as Rolls, Sylphy, and Rudy arrived and reacted to him.

Allen and the others traced the demon beasts’ water supply to a geothermal lake and planned a strike on their gathering place rather than waiting for another attack. After driving the beasts back and moving the defensive line, the hunting party set out for the lake.

• Allen examined a Saw-Spined Rabbit carcass and concluded that the demon beasts had been drinking from running water nearby.
• Paul identified a valley twenty kilometers northeast that contained a Geothermal Lake, and Allen proposed attacking the demon beasts’ gathering place.
• Paul and Rolls agreed to the plan, with Paul joining the party while the villagers took over the relocated defensive line.
• Three hours later, Rudy’s magic helped drive back another demon beast attack, and the group dismantled the old net and set up a new one farther out.
• As the afternoon snow and wind eased, Paul, Allen, Rolls, Sylphy, and Rudy set out to hunt the demon beasts.

Allen, Paul, Rudy, and Sylphy reached the valley containing the Geothermal Lake and found it swarming with demon beasts. Allen and Paul held the mountainside while Rudy attacked from a defensive fortress, and the battle continued into evening.

• Allen and the others reached a mountainside overlooking the Geothermal Lake, where countless demon beasts surged toward them.
• Allen realized they could hold the slope and kill the approaching beasts instead of fighting their way into the nest.
• Paul changed the assault plan to a defensive formation, assigning Allen and himself to fight below while Rudy cast magic from the tree.
• Rudy and Sylphy created a fortified position with earth and ice magic, and Rudy used Ice Spear Blizzard to skewer distant demon beasts.
• Allen and Paul slaughtered the beasts while Rudy provided fire support, and the mountainside was covered in blood or sunset glow as evening arrived.

Allen and his companions halted their monster hunt after killing roughly half the creatures in the valley, but he realized the monsters had hollowed out the ground beneath them. As the ridge collapsed and a swarm of monsters leapt at him in midair, Allen unleashed Dragon Saint Battle Qi while carrying Rudy and Sylphy.

• Allen ended the hunt after Rudy estimated they had killed half or more of the monsters, and Paul and Rolls started back toward home.
• Sylphy cleaned gore from Allen while Rudy noticed dark holes in the ground exposed by Paul's Sword Wind.
• Allen recognized that the holes were beneath the Earth Spike fortress and warned Paul and Rolls that the danger was not over.
• The hollowed ridge collapsed, separating Allen, Rudy, and Sylphy from Paul and Rolls as the three fell.
• Allen jumped toward the others while carrying Rudy and Sylphy, but a swarm of monsters surged into his path.
• With both hands occupied, Allen summoned Dragon Saint Battle Qi and wrapped himself in its power.

Allen shielded Rudy and Sylphy from the monsters, but while throwing Rudy toward Paul and Rolls, he fell into the valley with Sylphy, who refused to let go of him. An avalanche sealed the valley entrance, leaving Paul, Rolls, and Rudy outside with only Rudy rescued.

• Allen used his body to shield Rudy and Sylphy as he broke through the monsters in midair.
• Rudy cast Air Blast Magic, but he and Allen and Sylphy continued falling toward the valley.
• Allen threw Rudy toward Paul and Rolls, but Sylphy grabbed Allen’s arm and fell with him into the valley.
• An avalanche swept down, forcing Paul to carry Rudy and pull Rolls away from the collapsing ridge.
• Rolls rushed toward the valley while Rudy collapsed in despair, and the snow sealed the entrance with Allen and Sylphy still below.

Sylphiette’s parents reflected on her difficult childhood and were relieved when she began smiling and visiting the Greyrat family again. In her diary, Sylphiette recorded a year spent with Allen and Rudy, ending with her realization that she wanted to keep looking at Allen.

• Norda remembered how Sylphiette’s anxiety and accidents had worried her, while Rolls recalled that they had stayed in their remote home after their daughter was born.
• Rolls told Sylphiette he would take her to the Greyrat family’s house during the winter monster-clearing season, and she eagerly agreed.
• Sylphiette’s diary recorded her spring reunion with Allen, her summer visit to Somal’s house, and autumn outings to eat boar with Allen and Rudy.
• Sylphiette wrote that Allen had received six letters and gifts from Teacher Lokkishi, while Rudy grew discouraged after learning about them.
• As winter approached, Sylphiette wrote that she wanted to keep looking at Allen every day, though she did not yet understand her feelings.

After Allen and Sylphy fell from a cliff, Paul and the villagers dug through the avalanche while Zenith and Rudeus waited in despair. Rudeus questioned why Allen had saved him, and the rescue effort uncovered blackish-purple snow.

• Paul led the villagers in digging through the snow, while Zenith blamed herself and Rudeus sat withdrawn from the rescue.
• Lilia brought Rudeus bread and watched him remain dazed and silent.
• Rudeus asked Lilia why Allen had saved him when he believed he would have tried to save Allen instead.
• Rudeus wondered whether Allen had acted without considering regret, and Lilia could not answer him.
• A villager's alarm brought Rudeus, Zenith, and Lilia to the excavation site, where they saw thick blackish-purple snow beside a dropped shovel.

Allen and Sylphy fell into the valley after Rudy’s Air Blast Magic stopped supporting them, and Allen struggled to keep them alive. After Sylphy slowed their descent with her own Air Blast Magic, they landed safely, and Allen saw her illuminated by the moonlight.

• Allen caught Sylphy as they fell and used Flow Arcana and his battle aura to sense a nearby cliff wall.
• Allen drove his blade into the cliff to halt their fall briefly, but the blade snapped under their weight.
• Allen prepared to brace against the cliff, but Sylphy wrapped her legs around him and cast Air Blast Magic to slow their descent.
• Allen used Flow Arcana to hold them together as they fell for seven seconds, then landed with Sylphy on the valley floor.
• Allen’s healing magic quickly restored their injuries, and he saw Sylphy smile through tears before noticing her hair shining in the moonlight.

Allen confronted the unexpected sight of Sylphy’s hair turning white before the Great Transfer, while Sylphy healed his wounds and insisted that he needed her too. He sheltered her in a cave and faced the surrounding monster tide alone, promising to fight until dawn.

• Allen realized Sylphy’s hair had turned white ahead of the original timeline, and understood that his actions had already changed her future.
• Sylphy held Allen’s hand, used Silent Casting Healing Spell to heal him, and told him she believed he needed her.
• As monsters closed in, Allen carved a small cave into the cliff and placed the exhausted Sylphy inside to rest and recover her magic.
• Allen unleashed Blade Tremor on the surrounding monsters while Sylphy closed her eyes and trusted him to protect her.
• Allen raised his broken blade against the endless beast tide and vowed to fight through until dawn.

After Allen and Sylphy survived the Demon Beast Tide, their family found them in a valley filled with blood and corpses. Allen embraced them, thanked them, and cleared the Childhood stage; that night, he burned his Future Sight letter as spring approached.

• Zenith and Paul dug through the bloodstained snow, triggering a collapse that revealed a valley filled with blood and Demon Beast corpses.
• Allen turned to the gathered villagers and declared that there would be no Demon Beast Tide next year.
• Sylphy reassured the villagers that she and Allen were safe, and Rudy, Zenith, Paul, and Lilia waded through the blood to embrace Allen.
• Allen returned his family's embrace, thanked them, and received a system notice that he had cleared the Childhood stage with a perfect score.
• After dinner, Allen carried the exhausted Paul to bed, then burned his Future Sight letter in his room.

Allen accepted that he should follow his own intentions, accidentally set his desk on fire, and used the system to locate Lokkishi in the Shirone Kingdom. The system then offered him a chance to invest his gaze, leaving him wondering what the offer meant.

• Allen reflected that his perfect childhood score came from choosing to save Zenith and Paul, and resolved to follow his heart in the Tutoring Period.
• Allen discovered that his state of mind helped him cut the falling flames with the Soundless Katana, but the fire burned two pits into his desk.
• Allen considered how his Lokkishi figurine failed to capture the real Lokkishi and asked the system to locate her.
• The system displayed Lokkishi's location at the center of the Shirone Kingdom and offered Allen the option to invest his gaze for ten seconds.
• Allen asked what investing his gaze meant, and the system told him that location search manifested the Clairvoyant Demon Eye.

Allen used the figurine to see Lokkishi through a brief vision, then struggled with how little time he got to look at her. The Greyrat family turned the damaged table into a stand for the figurine, and the story moved ahead to March of the following year as the Tutoring Period approached.

• Allen saw Lokkishi submerged in water through the figurine, but the vision ended after ten seconds.
• Allen complained to the system and shouted for more time, waking Paul and prompting Zenith to silence her drunken husband.
• Allen wondered about the mist and water around Lokkishi, then went to bed and dreamed of the deep blue.
• Paul carved the burned part of the table into a pit and planted the figurine in it, while Rudy made a clay stand before Zenith knocked them both down.
• Zenith and Lilia discussed replacing the table and buying Allen clothes and boots as Norn and Aisha called from outside.
• The days passed, and March of the following year arrived as the Tutoring Period approached.

Roxy reflected on her life as an adventurer, her years with the Greyrat family, and her promise to adventure with a young man she met on the road. She nearly fainted after soaking too long in a hot bath, and, once she recovered, wondered if she would spend the night writing a letter.

• Roxy recalled becoming an adventurer at fourteen, losing her captain in a mana disaster, and enduring discrimination across the continents.
• Roxy remembered finding her teacher in the Asura Kingdom, studying at Magic University, and teaching Rudeus at the Greyrat home for two years.
• Roxy recalled leaving the Greyrat family to pursue adventure and promising a young man they would travel together someday.
• Roxy sank beneath the bathwater while lost in memories, and palace maids pulled her out before she lost consciousness.
• Roxy recovered in an oversized bathrobe and thought Allen would scold her for being careless, then considered writing a letter that night.